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To: DiViT who wrote (2253)	1/13/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Rishi Gupta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3493

David, According to the press release below,the modem margin seems to be great. Don't know if it is better than DVD/SVCD, it definitely beats VCD margin. Rishi From Yahoo board... techweb.com January 11, 1999, Issue: 1043 Section: Product Week -- Chips PCI audio/modem combo joins V.90 line Fremont, Calif. - ESS Technology Inc. has extended its V.90 SuperLink line to audio/modem combinations and claims to be one of the first suppliers to offer both digital signal processing and host signal processing (HSP) versions to meet next-generation PC requirements. The devices combine high-performance audio with V.90 56-kbit/second data, fax and voice PCI communications for notebook, desktop and add-in card applications. The HSP version includes a digital audio accelerator, an audio codec and a modem codec. The DSP solution includes a high-performance DSP to offload the host CPU and increase overall system performance. Both chip sets feature 500-Mips equivalent processor performance and are compatible with Microsoft's PC98/99, DirectSound and DirectSound3D standards as well as with Intel's AMR standard. Both chip sets are based on ESS's Maestro-2EM digital audio accelerator, which features full ACPI support, a hardware wavetable synthesizer with downloadable samples and DirectSound3D acceleration. Its ES2890 modem DSP connects to the Maestro-2EM, creating both modem and audio functions with only one PCI slot. ESS' Maestro-2EM is available in a 144-pin thin quad flat package, the ES2890 modem DSP in a 100-pin TQFP, the ES2818 AFE in a 52-pin plastic quad flat package, the ES1918 audio codec in a 48-pin TQFP and the ES2816 modem AFE in a 28-pin small-outline integrated-circuit package. The DSP devices are priced at $28 in 10,000-unit quantities. HSP solutions sell for $23 in those same quantities.