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To: johnny boy who wrote (2936)	1/28/1998 8:42:00 AM
From: Jim Lurgio	Respond to of 6180

TI Chipset Lightens ADSL's Download By a staff reporter 27-JAN-98 Texas Instruments has joined DSL players Rockwell and Lucent in offering a new Discrete Multi-Tone-based ADSL chip set. The new technology "will bridge the gap between today's 56K modems and multi-megabit digital broadband communications for Internet access", the company claimed. The chips' programmability will enable it to support the G.lite, 'splitterless modem' standard currently hailed as the solution to cost-effective provision of ADSL without service providers having to visit customer premises. Last week, Lucent Technologies launched its WildWire 'ADSL-Lite' chipset which it claimed will download data at up to 1.5Mbps. In October last year, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems revealed the first 'plug and play' solution to the ADSL problem with its Consumer Digital Subscriber Line modem technology. TI's release combines its TMS320C6x DSP core with DSL technology from Amati Communications to deliver speeds of up to 8Mbps downstream and 800Kbps upstream. The chips are optimized for use in Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers, Digital Loop Carriers, central office line cards and PC-based modems. The technology supports two full-rate lines and will be able to handle additional lines "as the technology advances", the company said. The current architecture can be extended to support interfaces for ATM, PCI, USB or Ethernet. The set is available from now with volume production scheduled for the second quarter.