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To: Scrapps who wrote (7295)	12/13/1999 9:26:00 AM
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??? Analog Devices Unveils Highest-Density, Lowest-Power Consumption ADSL Chipset -Multiple Future-Proofing Features Reduce Manufacturers' Costs and Operating Expenses -Quad-Port Chipset Enables Next-Generation Applications NORWOOD, Mass., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced its Quad-Port ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) chipset, which offers 30-50 percent savings to xDSL equipment manufacturers as well as the highest-density and lowest-power consumption currently available. The Quad-Port is a fully programmable, multi-mode, flashless IDMA (Internal Direct Memory Access) chipset solution that enables xDSL equipment manufacturers to design high-density line cards for voice switches, DSLAMs and digital loop carrier equipment. ADI's Quad-Port chipset offers numerous features that safeguard infrastructure investments, increase manufacturers' competitive advantage, and provide a great deal of flexibility. This includes support for multiple ADSL standards (G.lite and full rate), field-proven widespread interoperability, and the enabling of next-generation applications. Its increased functionality lowers DSL manufacturers' cost by a factor of 30 percent per port, including manufacturing cost and its industry-lowest power consumption, 0.7 watts per port, allows operators to significantly decrease Central Office operating expenses. Power consumption for the complete solution (all circuitry from utopia bus to line) is less than 2 watts per port for full-rate ADSL. In addition, this flashless IDMA solution greatly reduces size and cost by eliminating four flash chips from the systems and replacing with one SRAM chip that controls all four modems and offers density four times greater than similar solutions available today. "The Quad-Port chipset is a critical product for the service provider segment," said Russ Johnsen, vice president and general manager, Communications Products Division, Analog Devices. "Its multi-mode support and programmability ensure compliance with current and future standards, thereby extending the life cycle of the service providers' investment. In addition, the Quad-Port is backed by ADI's one million discrete multi-tone chipsets sold to date that are already field-proven. Analog Devices' superior design capabilities will benefit operators by providing products that allow them to accommodate existing and future broadband service customers. Quad-Port's compact design offers the industry's smallest footprint, thereby solving the need for more physical space and the heating and ventilation overhead to support the equipment." "Flexibility is the key to ADSL technology," said Laurie Falconer, DSL analyst for TeleChoice. "Equipment has to be able to adapt and support next- generation applications and services in order to be the best value to service providers. Multi-mode support, interoperability, and programmability are key chipset characteristics in protecting service providers' investments and enhancing value in the ADSL market." About ADI's Quad-Port The Quad-Port is a two-chip solution, consisting of the AD6491 digital signal processor (DSP) and AD6490 analog front end (AFE), that leverages a proven code and system, thereby providing system compatibility across ADI's family of ADSL devices. In addition, ADI's solutions offer certified interoperability with all leading ADSL vendors' equipment including: Alcatel, Texas Instruments, Lucent Microelectonics, Conexant, PairGain and more. The Quad-Port will be available in the first quarter of the year 2000. More information is available by visiting Analog Devices' home page at analog.com. The Quad-Port ADSL chipset features systems integration at the chipset level, a key driver in the deployment of advanced communications applications like Voice Over DSL (VoDSL) and video-on-demand (VOD). Decreasing the number of system components and the resulting required connections increases the overall functionality and reliability of the system, thereby reducing costs and time-to-market for OEMs and service providers. Additionally, integration affords cost-effective support for a variety of applications that previously required separate and proprietary equipment. About Analog Devices' Broadband Solutions ADI's family of broadband products includes xDSL line drivers and analog front ends, as well as complete end-to-end xDSL solutions. The company's xDSL solutions form the foundation for modems that provide high-speed Internet access and multimedia services up to 100 times faster than today's fastest analog modems. With a customer base of more than 60 companies worldwide, Analog Devices' xDSL solutions are designed into more than 90 percent of the world's xDSL systems, from client modems and routers to central office voice and data switches, xDSL access multiplexers and digital loop carriers.