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To: Joe Knoll who wrote (3422)	5/20/1998 12:15:00 PM
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VLSI Expands Scope of ViSTA '98 Digital Set-Top Box Silicon Product Line LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1998-- New Products Cover Digital Cable, Terrestrial Broadcasting, PC-based TV and Interactive TV; Strong Support from Time-Warner VLSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLSI) launched four new products expanding the company's ViSTA(tm)(VLSI Integrated Set-Top Architecture) to cover all major digital TV market opportunities at the Cable and Satellite Conference here. New products debuting at the conference include three new chips targeting US digital cable, digital terrestrial broadcasting, interactive TV upstream communications, and a plug-in board enabling Windows-equipped PCs to receive digital satellite video and data communications feeds. One of the VLSI chips, the VES1848 return channel modem, has attracted favorable comment from Time-Warner Cable, who view the device as an important element in delivering interactive television services to their subscribers. Umesh Padval, senior vice president and general manager of VLSI's Consumer Digital Entertainment division said: "We are pleased to be recognized by Time-Warner Cable as an important IC supplier supporting the DAVIC interactive cable standard. We believe the VES1848 Return Channel Modem chip will open up doors for significant design wins in the rapidly growing US and European digital cable market. "New products introduced at Cable and Satellite demonstrate our systems design expertise and our strengths as a leading high-quality, high-volume IC supplier to the consumer digital entertainment market." Michael Adams, senior project engineer responsible for developing Time Warner Cable's Pegasus DAVIC-based interactive cable technology, commented: "VLSI's (VES1848) DAVIC chip is an important step forward for the cable industry because it provides support for a standard out-of-band signaling mechanism that can be used by all devices connected to our digital network. "The DAVIC protocol provides real-time, two-way connectivity in very much the same way as a Local Area Network. The DAVIC channel uses standard Internet Protocols and is a fundamental enabling technology for interactive services including Video-On-Demand, enhanced television, email, home banking and a host of other services." New at Cable & Satellite New ViSTA '98 products introduced at the Cable & Satellite conference include: VES1848 Return Channel Modem Chip Adds an option for two-way interactive communications to digital cable set-top boxes. Interactive communications are a cornerstone for advanced electronic commerce services such as video-on-demand, Internet access, home shopping and financial services. VES1900 MCNS Digital Cable Front End Interface Chip Enables reception of US-standard MCNS digital cable signals in cable set-top boxes. The VES1900 joins the VLSI VES1820 (DVB-C standard) chip in the ViSTA product line to cover both US and European digital cable standards. VES9600 DVB-T Digital Terrestrial Front End Interface Chip Adds digital terrestrial (over-the-air) reception capability to the ViSTA '98 architecture. Digital terrestrial broadcasting will start soon in Europe, with the US scheduled to transition to all-digital broadcasting by the year 2006. CAS2043 PC-based Satellite Data Plug-in Board Developed by VLSI's wholly-owned Comatlas subsidiary, the board enables reception of satellite-borne data and video signals in computers running Microsoft Windows. Initially targeting business and professional products, the board marks significant progress in bringing advanced video data services to PCs and other non-set-top box delivery systems. ViSTA '98(tm) Architecture The VLSI ViSTA '98 product line offers a complete hardware and software development solution targeting consumer digital video product applications. The ViSTA '98 hardware architecture calls for three chips to perform the three main areas of set-top box functionality-network interface, transport/system control and MPEG-2 decompression-video encoding. ViSTA '98 standard products can be designed into consumer end-products as-is or be customized to help customers differentiate their products in the marketplace. In addition to IC products, the ViSTA '98 platform also offers the Horizon(tm) application prototyping-development board and application software development tools compatible with popular programming languages and real-time operating systems. VLSI has emerged as a leading supplier of silicon products designed into set-top products from the world's top consumer product manufacturers. The company has achieved significant market share for digital satellite set-top box silicon, and is moving to target fast-growing opportunities in emerging digital cable and digital terrestrial broadcasting opportunities. For additional information on ViSTA '98 and VLSI consumer digital entertainment products, readers should access VLSI's web page, www.vlsi.com. About VLSI Technology, Inc. VLSI Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures System-Level Silicon(tm) integrated circuits based on its FSB(tm) functional system blocks library. Targeting its offerings toward the wireless communications, networking, consumer digital entertainment and computing markets, the company offers its customers advanced system-level integration capabilities. The company is based in San Jose, California, with 1997 revenues from continuing operations of $712.7 million, and approximately 2,500 employees worldwide. -0- Note to Editors: FSB, functional system block, Horizon, System-Level Silicon, ViSTA and ViSTA '98 are trademarks of VLSI Technology, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.