Analog Devices Sets Line Speed Record With New ADSL Solution.

Business/Technology Editors

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002

-- UltrADSL firmware provides 12.8 megabits per second over 5,500 feet.

-- ADI CPE and CO solutions are now the fastest chips on the market.

Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced the availability of its new UltrADSL(TM) firmware. ADI's UltrADSL provides breakthrough levels of performance with enhanced rates and extended reach. On medium length loops, up to 5,500 feet, UltrADSL achieves a rate of 12.8 megabits per second. For longer loops, UltrADSL provides a maximum reach of 23,000 feet. This leading-edge technology is now available on ADI's Anaconda(TM) central office (CO) as well as its Eagle(TM) and Pathfinder(TM) client premises equipment (CPE) ADSL chipsets.

UltrADSL technology uses partially-overlapped downstream and upstream spectra in combination with industry-leading digital echo cancellation. The extended reach performance is a result of ADI's unique understanding of complex ADSL hybrid circuitry. By combining superior rates with unparalleled reach, UltrADSL will enable ADI's numerous CO and CPE ADSL customers to reach more homes and businesses with rates higher than any other ADSL chipset solution in the world. The 12.8 Mbps data rate will enable two or three digital video streams to be delivered to customers, enabling video on demand and other advanced services.

"Analog Devices is uniquely positioned to make this kind of technological advance in the ADSL arena," said Jacques Ruch, product line director of high speed network access products, Analog Devices, Inc. "UltrADSL is a great example of our depth of experience in high-performance analog and DSP applications yielding real results for our customers. UltrADSL also confirms ADSL as a platform capable of supporting the most advanced and bandwidth-hungry applications such as video-on-demand, interactive on-line games and multimedia downloads."

ADI's new UltrADSL firmware, which runs on the Anaconda central office chipset, as well as the Eagle, Eagle-II(TM) and PathFinder customer premises chipsets, offers fully standard compliant (G.992.1) Annex A and Annex C (Dual Bit Map Mode) rates of up to 12.8 Mbps out to a loop reach of 5,500 feet. In addition to the enhanced rate, the reach is extended out to 23,000 feet with speeds in excess of 128 kbps. UltrADSL technology will also be made available for Annex B applications in the coming months.

About Analog Devices Inc.

Analog Devices is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications. The company is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts and employs approximately 8,800 people worldwide. It has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Philippines, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Analog Devices' stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the company is included in the S&P 500 Index.

UltrADSL, Anaconda, Pathfinder, Eagle and Eagle-II are trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.