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To: kha vu who wrote (100467)	6/3/2000 10:03:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 120523

Repeat of TXN news.......DSP Leader Texas Instruments Ships Half a Million DOCSIS-Based Modem Chips: Extends Number Two Position in Cable Broadband Market Milestone Builds on Momentum From Recent CableLabs(R) Certification HOUSTON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN - news; TI), the world leader in digital signal processing (DSP) and analog, solidified its position as the number two player in the standards- based cable modem chip market with the shipment of more than 500,000 modem chips to data over cable service interface solution (DOCSIS) -- certified modem vendors. This announcement comes one week after an equipment manufacturer earned Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) certification using TI's complete silicon and software solution and less than one year after TI entered the cable modem market. (http://www.ti.com/sc/cablemodem) ``TI's robust shipment numbers come as no surprise to industry insiders,'' said Michael Harris, president of Kinetic Strategies, Inc. and publisher of Cable Datacom News. ``TI is the only DOCSIS chip supplier besides Broadcom to obtain CableLabs certification for its solution. Given its shipment momentum in the DOCSIS market and leadership in voice DSP technology, TI is positioned to make further gains as cable IP telephony product development accelerates.'' According to a report recently released by International Data Corporation (IDC), TI shipped the second-highest volume of DOCSIS-based modem chips last year to the cable broadband market. ``In a market that was previously comprised of chips supplied by a single vendor, Texas Instruments has managed to gain a very real presence. With telephony driving growth in the cable modem market, we expect the company to pose an even bigger threat as it continues to leverage its strength in DSPs and VoIP software to gain design wins in voice-enabled cable modems,'' said Kimberly Funasaki, Sr. Research Analyst at IDC. ``We have reached the 500,000 milestone in the brief 10 months since TI entered the cable modem market by acquiring Libit and we have more than doubled our shipments from all of last year,'' said Eric Dewannain, general manager of TI's Cable Broadband Communications business unit. ``Our shipment rates are growing faster than the market, and we expect to reach three million units shipped by the end of 2000.'' TI has a complete, end-to-end cable modem portfolio. It includes DOCSIS certified customer premise equipment (CPE) solutions and cable modem termination systems (CMTS) chipsets, which together speed the broadband deployment of voice, data and video. TI's CPE portfolio includes powerful, programmable DSPs that enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to differentiate their products along with market leading VoIP software from Telogy Networks, a Texas Instruments Company. TI's CMTS solution features the industry-exclusive INCA(TM) technology, which mitigates ingress, impulse and burst noise. Cable operators can dramatically increase upstream bandwidth by using INCA(TM), while requiring only standard DOCSIS-based modems at the customer premises. Increasing upstream bandwidth eases the deployment of services such as IP telephony and videoconferencing. ``TI has shown leadership in cable modem and has developed an aggressive strategy designed around superior software, industry-leading programmable DSP and a world class third party network,'' Dewannain said. ``We have utilized this strategy in other arenas, resulting in better products, increased revenues for our customers and greater market share for TI.''