F O R . I M M E D I A T E . R E L E A S E
RELEASE DATE: April 27, 1999
AGENCY CONTACT: Margo Camilleri, The Ardell Group - 619-792-2943
margo@ardellgroup.com
COMPANY CONTACT: Tanis MacSween, Spectrum - Marketing Communications,
604-421-5422
Email: tanis_macsween@spectrumsignal.com
Karen Elliott, Spectrum - Investor
Communications, 604-421-5422
Email: karen_elliott@spectrumsignal.com
SPECTRUM SIGNAL PROCESSING IS SELECTED BY ANALOG DEVICES TO DESIGN
EVALUATION PRODUCT FOR NEWEST SHARC* DSP, THE ADSP-21160
The Spectrum designed and manufactured evaluation
board will be sold by Analog Devices directly
Santa Clara, CA, USA - April 27, 1999 - Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.
(NASDAQ: SSPI / TSE: SSY), the industry leader in high-performance DSP
systems, today at DSP World Spring announced a contract with Analog Devices
(NYSE:ADI) to design and manufacture the ADSP-21160 "EZ-LAB Evaluation
Board" sold by ADI. Analog Devices chose Spectrum for their solid
reputation as experts in DSP system design and their experience designing
and manufacturing very high-performance multiprocessor systems based on the
original ADSP-21060 SHARC DSP.
"We required a company that could provide industry leading DSP system design
expertise, product reliability and ISO 9001 quality manufacturing," says Bob
Conrad, DSP Product Line Director at Analog Devices. "Because we have a
strong relationship with Spectrum, we are confident they can meet these
demands and are the right partner to deliver a solid, robust product that
will demonstrate the performance and multi-processing capability of our DSPs
and tools."
"This program supports our strategy to build Spectrum's DSP outsourcing
business," said Barry Jinks, Spectrum's President and CEO, "By working
closely with Analog Devices very early to develop tools supporting this new
and exciting DSP chip, we will ensure our OEM customers have the fastest
time to market and lowest total cost of ownership. It's a win-win-win for
our customers, Analog Devices and Spectrum."
This Spectrum designed evaluation product will be the lowest cost
single-chip ADSP-21160-based product available to engineers around the
world, allowing Analog Devices' customers to get started on ADSP-21160
development. "We are very proud that ADI chose Spectrum to provide the
development system for their newest SHARC," says Graeme Harfman, SHARC
Product Line Manager at Spectrum. "Spectrum's proven quality systems and
manufacturing capabilities set us apart in the DSP industry. In fact, in
one year alone Spectrum manufactured over 130,000 DSP boards."
The ADSP-21160 EZ-LAB Evaluation Board is a stand-alone platform with single
ADSP-21160, 512KB of 64bit SBSRAM, flash, stereo codec and a parallel port
interface to a desktop PC. ADI's customers will be able to download, debug
and run code from Windows95, Windows98, or Windows* NT desktops. The
ADSP-21160 SHARC DSP itself integrates 4 Mbits of SRAM on-chip, with
communication via serial and link ports.
On the heels of the EZ-LAB Evaluation Board, Spectrum will release a full
line of ADSP-21160 products including PCI, VME64, CompactPCI, and PMC system
solutions all sold through Spectrum and supported by APEX, Spectrum's
graphical development toolset for multi-processor applications. Spectrum's
APEX software tools are a perfect complement to the new SHARC DSP and are
fully compatible with Analog Devices' VisualDSP* development tools. APEX
software provides advanced software support for development, debugging, and
optimization of multi-processor SHARC systems.
Spectrum is also collaborating with The MathWorks Inc. to develop a MATLAB*
driver for the EZ-LAB. DSP development engineers will prototype their
algorithms in the MATLAB environment, then target the ADSP-21160 EZ-LAB
Evaluation Board. Simulated input data from MATLAB can be downloaded to the
EZ-LAB board, processed with the new DSP algorithm and returned to MATLAB
for comparison with the simulation results.
Spectrum Signal Processing is a world leader in DSP system solutions, and
offers DSP software, off-the-shelf hardware, custom ASIC design and complete
custom systems. The company is ISO9001 quality certified, and can be found
on the web at spectrumsignal.com. Spectrum is located at #100 -
8525 Baxter Place, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. ph (604) 421-5422; fax (604)
421-1764.
SHARC, EZ-LAB and VisualDSP are a registered trademark of Analog Devices
Inc. MATLAB is a registered trademark of The MathWorks Inc. Windows is a
registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Any statements made by the company that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including the
timely development and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive
products and pricing, changing market conditions and the other risks
detailed in the company's prospectus and from time to time in other filings.
Actual results may differ materially from those projected. These
forward-looking statements represent the company's judgement as of the date
of this release. The company may or may not update these forward-looking
statements in the future. |
