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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1996)	9/1/1998 1:33:00 PM
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First ADSL Chip Set Optimized For PCs. Host-Based Architecture Greatly Reduces Cost and Power Consumption. September 1, 1998 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- Integrated Telecom Express, Inc. (ITeX) today announced the industry's first ADSL modem chip set optimized for personal computers, set-top boxes, notebook computers, PDAs, etc. The SAM Chip Set contains 9 patent-pending innovations, and is fully compliant with the G.Lite standard. The chip set is also compatible with the ANSI T1.413 standard. The new chip set will allow personal computer users to surf the Internet up to 30 times faster than is currently possible with 56 Kbps modems. The chips work with a 300 Mhz Pentium-II host processor and support Intel's future processors. The chip set can achieve downstream transfer rates up to 1.5 Mbps and 384 Kbps upstream transfer rates in accordance with the proposed G.Lite standard. The SAM (Scalable ADSL Modem) Chip Set is unique because it includes software that does ADSL processing using the available power of a PC's host CPU. This scalable approach greatly reduces cost and power consumption. It also allows the software to be modified to conform to changes in future ADSL standards. The SAM software does power management and can put the chip set into a low power mode when the devices are not being used. The chip set uses a splitterless approach that works with existing telephone connections, and eliminates home and office rewiring. The SAM Chip Set uses about half the power of other ADSL solutions which makes it ideal for notebook computers and PDAs. The $40 price of the chip set and software puts the SAM solution within the stringent cost requirements of PC manufacturers. According to Victor Lee, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, "Our company has been focused for several years on developing the technology to get ADSL modems built into PCs and network interface cards. We recognized early on that this goal required a radical new approach in order to keep the price and power within the requirements of manufacturers. To achieve this objective we conceived a scalable approach in which part of the ADSL processing is assigned to the available processing power on a PC's host CPU." The SAM Chip Set consists of host software, IX9816 digital chip and IX8134 analog front end. The host software is provided on a diskette as assembled Windows(R) 98 object code. It performs the high-level ADSL processing functions, communicates to the IX9816 via a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) interface and the ATM support on the operating system. The IX9816 digital chip uses a state-machine architecture to do partial ADSL modulation functions, and FFT and IFFT processing. It uses a proprietary interface to connect to the IX8134 analog front end, and it also has a standard interface (i.e., AC Link) to connect to third party 56Kbps (V.90) host modem chips if that function is desired. The IX8134 analog front end chip uses two 12-bit D/A converters and a set of filters to shape the ADSL waveforms going out over the telephone lines. Incoming waveforms are isolated with filters and converted for digital processing via a 13-bit A/D converter. About SAM Technology SAM technology is completely compatible with G.Lite and ANSI Standard T1.413 which means its chips can talk to any other chip that uses those standards. The SAM technology makes it possible to scale up a modem's maximum transfer speed as processor speeds increase. SAM technology also allows a PC user to scale the transfer speed dynamically through the use of software. This software allows a PC user to allocate more processor power to the modem function in order to gain greater transfer speed. About ADSL Technology ADSL is a technology that was developed to increase the speed of Internet access and web surfing over ordinary telephone lines. The technology is made possible by advanced modem chips that sit at each end of the telephone line and translate the data into a format that can pass over standard twisted pair wires. The ANSI T1.413 specification of ADSL defines the maximum transfer rate to be 8 Mbps, and the proposed G.Lite specification defines the maximum rate at 1.5 Mbps. However, both of these standards provide for a mechanism that adjusts the transfer rates depending on the quality of the telephone lines being used. When a computer user places a call to the Internet, the modem in the PC will begin a series of handshaking steps with the modem at the other end of the line to determine the maximum speed the telephone line will allow. Once this speed is established, the PC user is now connected to the Internet at the fastest rate supported by the telephone line. ADSL achieves its high speed by transferring data over the phone line using many different frequencies or channels (up to 255). This is similar to the concept of a radio receiver that uses different stations or channels to get information. In the same way, ADSL modems transfer vast amounts of information by breaking it up and sending it over different channels to the modem chip in a PC. The PC modem chip then "reassembles" the data from the different channels and forwards it to the computer screen. Availability and Price The SAM Chip Set and software will be sampling in November with production in Q1 1999. The chip set including software is priced at $40 in quantities of 1,000. The IX9816 digital chip is available in a 160-pin, PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Package) and the IX8134 analog front end chip is available in a 64-pin TQFP (Thin Quad Flat Package). The software is available as Windows 98 object code on a 3 /-inch diskette. Reader Contact Marca Johnson, Marketing Communications Specialist, Integrated Telecom Express, Inc., 2710 Walsh Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051. Telephone: 408-980-8689, ext. 268. E-mail: marca.johnson@itexinc.com, Web site: www.itexinc.com. Company Background Integrated Telecom Express, Inc., (ITeX) is a contributing member of the UAWG (Universal ADSL Working Group). ITeX is in business to design, manufacture, market and support ADSL semiconductor solutions for the telecommunications equipment, personal computers and consumer electronics industries. The company provides solutions that give system manufacturers advantages in system design, flexibility, scalability and cost. ITeX has significant resources that include important technical and management skills such as design expertise in analog, digital and mixed-signal technologies. The company also has strategic partnerships with foundries in Asia. SOURCE Integrated Telecom Express, Inc. /CONTACT: Marca Johnson, Marketing Communications Specialist of Integrated Telecom Express, Inc., 408-980-8689, ext. 268, or marca.johnson@itexinc.com/ /Web site: itexinc.com