Headline: VLSI Demonstrates Market's First AMR Vocoder
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SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999--VLSI
Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLSI) will demonstrate its AMR (Adaptive
Multi-Rate) vocoder at Europe's largest Consumer Electronics show,
CeBit, in Hanover, Germany.
VLSI is the first vendor to demonstrate to the market the new AMR
voice codec, which will be used in forthcoming GSM phase 2+ phones, as
well as in the future UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications
Standard) and W-CDMA (Wide band CDMA) third-generation standards.
The new AMR vocoder will allow operators to improve their network
capacity as well as their quality of service. The improved capacity
and quality of the vocoder has also led standardization organizations
to choose the AMR vocoder for the UMTS and W-CDMA standards.
First AMR offering available in the market
VLSI's AMR implementation supports all transmission modes
(12.2kbit/s down to 4.75kbit/s) specified by the ETSI (European
Telecommunications Standards Institute) specification GSM 6.70 version
7.00. Implementation has been achieved within less than a month of
ETSI's algorithm release, due to VLSI's unique DSP system tools and
expertise. The Vocoder has passed all ETSI test patterns and is
immediately available to customers for implementation in VLSI silicon.
The AMR voice codec is implemented on VLSI's enhanced Oak+DSP
architecture and will be provided as part of VLSI's GSM-OneC(tm)
single-chip offering, as well as forming part of custom solutions for
GSM and third-generation standards.
"Quick time-to-market is a basic requirement in the wireless
industry," said Bruno Delepine, VLSI's Communication Products Group's
R&D director. "VLSI's continuous investment in DSP system tools and
expertise has allowed us to reduce traditional DSP code development
productivity by a factor of five."
VLSI's AMR demonstration at CeBit
At CeBit, VLSI will demonstrate the AMR vocoder based on the VLSI
Oak+DSP platform, allowing visitors to try out the AMR vocoder in all
its configurations. VLSI's booth at CeBit is located in Hall 17, booth
B56, stand B11 (US Wireless Pavilion).
VLSI's GSM OneC Solution
The GSM OneC is a highly integrated, customizable, single-chip
silicon solution that gives GSM mobile phone manufacturers a powerful
framework to move their innovations into market-leading wireless
products quickly.
The OneC combines a highly modular architecture with a unique
design flow that allows high volume mobile phone manufacturers to
differentiate their products by customizing the OneC's standard
semiconductor design for their specific requirements. The OneC chip
eliminates the usual trade-off manufacturers must make between
flexibility and time-to-market.
The OneC was developed using VLSI's unique building foundation,
the Velocity(tm) Standard Communication Platform(tm), a universal
wireless development environment that can combine multiple standards
and that forms the basis of current and future solutions.
About VLSI Technology
VLSI Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures custom and
semi-custom integrated circuits for leading firms in the wireless
communications, networking, consumer digital entertainment and
computing markets. VLSI's value proposition is based on full-service
customer support, deep libraries of vertical market-focused IC
intellectual property, unparalleled custom circuit design expertise
enabled through the Velocity Rapid Silicon Prototyping design style,
and one of the world's most flexible and efficient custom circuit
manufacturing facilities in San Antonio, Texas. The company is based
in San Jose, California with 1998 revenues from continuing operations
of $547.8 million, and approximately 2,200 employees worldwide. For
more information, visit the VLSI homepage, www.vlsi.com.
Note to Editors: Velocity, Standard Communication Platform, OneC,
FSB and Functional System Block are trademarks or registered
trademarks of VLSI Technology, Inc. All other names and marks are the
property of their respective holders.
CONTACT: VLSI Technology, Inc.
Earle Speranza, 408/922-5268
earle.speranza@sanjose.vlsi.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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