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To: Ernie Kelley who wrote (869)	3/23/1998 9:48:00 AM
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ADI/Aware News. Analog Devices and Aware Expand Strategic Partnership for ADSL and DSL Lite Agreement Opens New Opportunities for Aware's Technologies and Enhances ADI's Chipset Offerings NORWOOD, Mass., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI - news), a leading manufacturer of precision, high-performance integrated circuits used in signal processing applications, and Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq: AWRE - news), a worldwide leader in xDSL (digital subscriber line) technology, today announced an expanded strategic partnership for asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) and DSL Lite chipset development. Under the new relationship, ADI will receive broader access to Aware's technology and software, which will allow ADI to directly provide complete software and silicon support to its customers. The agreement enables Aware to provide other semiconductor suppliers with access to its DMT technology and software. The two companies will continue to jointly develop and market silicon/software solutions to central office OEMs, modem manufacturers, and PC makers worldwide. The companies expect to pioneer the development of chipsets that are simultaneously capable of full rate, standard compliant ADSL and Aware's splitterless DSL lite. The agreement will enhance both companies' ability to grow with the market, to promote open systems and to enable interoperability between equipment manufacturers. ''Aware and ADI have developed a world class chipset that is now being designed into the leading datacom and telecom system providers around the world,'' said Jim Bender, president and chief executive officer of Aware. ''This new agreement extends our relationship, strengthening and complementing the work we have done to develop ADSL chipsets, and enabling ADI to more effectively serve our mutual customers. It also gives us the ability to further propagate our full-rate ADSL and DSL Lite technology, as Aware forges new relationships with other semiconductor manufacturers.'' Russ Johnsen, vice president and general manager for communications at Analog Devices, added, ''ADSL deployments have reached a turning point where a broader access to the technology that forms an interoperable base is necessary to drive the market. ADI and Aware have a leading technological edge, and by making both our chipsets and Aware's underlying technology more readily available, we intend to solidify that position. ADI and Aware will continue to innovate and collaborate on derivatives of the AD20msp910 chipset and future ADSL products.'' Aware and Analog Devices have been strategic partners since 1993, when ADSL was first embraced as a broadband solution. In this relationship, Aware provides the underlying technology, system design and software while Analog Devices designs, develops and produces the chipsets. Together, the two companies produced the market's most widely adopted ADSL solution: the AD20msp910, a DMT (discrete multi-tone) ADSL chipset. This chipset is currently one of the leading ADSL products for modem, telecommunications and data communications equipment manufacturers.