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To: Beachbumm who wrote (20092)	10/4/1999 4:26:00 PM
From: J_W	Respond to of 25814

MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI) today announced a next generation standard product digital signal processor (DSP), based on its open ZSP architecture, targeted at the voice-over-IP (VoIP) and wireless basestation markets. The device is the first DSP product to be fabricated in LSI Logic's G12(TM) (0.18 micron drawn) technology. The LSI402Z DSP is a highly integrated processor offering significantly higher channel density than other VoIP oreinted products currently on the market. It is also the first DSP to offer a cost-effective, system solution with the processing power and C-compiler efficiency required in 3G wireless basestations. "The trend in the VoN and wireless basestation market is towards higher channel density," said Giuseppe Staffaroni, vice president and general manager of LSI Logic's Communications Products Group. "This new DSP product not only offers excellent code density that translates into lower system cost and faster time-to-market, it's also an easier to use, higher performance DSP for a market currently dominated by older, uniscalar DSPs." The LSI402Z has 40% lower power consumption than its predecessor (LSI401Z) with significantly enhanced peripherals and larger memory. The device provides 800 DSP MIPS at 200 MHz. The highly integrated processor also includes two highly-featured time division multiplexed (TDM) serial ports that support H.100/H.110 for T1/E1 telecommunication lines. An eight channel DMA controller enables support for multi-channel VoN system channel requirements with minimal external components. By managing TDM and buffer formatting functions in hardware, system development is simplified resulting in a quicker time to market. LSI Logic's LSI402Z is 100% code compatible with the LSI401Z, but provides expanded on chip memory to support larger programs. About LSI Logic's ZSP Architecture LSI Logic's ZSP architecture achieves high processing performance and excellent code density by utilizing a RISC-like, four-way superscalar, dual-MAC technology. The addition of the ZSP technology to LSI Logic's DSP portfolio is a result of the acquisition of ZSP Corporation by the company earlier this year. LSI Logic's ZSP-based processor technology products can address a wide range of communication applications. The performance level of the DSP coupled with the simple programmers model and efficient compiler make it ideal for wireless infrastructure and voice-over-IP. Future generations of the architecture will also evolve with derivatives ideally suited for portable applications such as digital handsets. LSI Logic is developing the ZSP architecture for both ASSPs and CoreWare(R) based ASIC implementations. The LSI402Z chip is available as a standard product, and is priced at $60 in 1,000 quantities.