Analog Devices TigerSHARC Processor Delivers Industry's Highest DSP Performance.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002

At 2.4 GMACS and 1.8 GFLOPS TigerSHARC Offers 35% Higher

Floating-Point Performance Than Closest Competitor

Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced its ADSP-TS101S TigerSHARC(R) processor is released to production operating at an industry-leading 2.4 billion multiply accumulates per second (GMACS) and 1.8 billion floating-point operations per second (GFLOPS). This positions ADI's TigerSHARC processor as offering the highest floating-point and fixed-point DSP performance available. Targeted at numerous signal processing applications that rely on multiple processors working together to execute computationally-intensive real-time functions, ADI's TigerSHARC processor is well-suited to video and communication markets, including the 3G cellular and broadband wireless base stations, as well as defense, medical imaging, and industrial instrumentation.

"Earlier this year, we announced that Analog Devices would deliver the industry's highest floating-point and fixed-point DSP performance," said Brian McAloon, group vice president, DSP and System Products, Analog Devices, Inc. "With the announcement of our new 300 MHz TigerSHARC processor, Analog Devices delivers on its promise, reaffirms our TigerSHARC processor's position as the premiere architecture for multiprocessing applications, and extends its industry lead in DSP performance."

At a 300 MHz clock rate, the ADSP-TS101S offers the DSP industry's best 1.8 GFLOPS and 2.4 GMACS 16-bit fixed-point performance as well as a 32-bit floating-point 1024 complex FFT time of 32.9 microseconds. The ADSP-TS101S offers a complete set of on-chip features such as a large 6 Mbit internal memory, 14-channel zero-overhead DMA engine, and 1.8 Gbyte I/O throughput.

About ADI's TigerSHARC Processor

ADI's TigerSHARC processor offers the best-in-class performance in terms of MACS and FLOPS delivered per watt, per dollar and per square inch of PCB space. The processor embodies a breakthrough static superscalar architecture that boasts native support of 1-, 8-, 16-, and 32-bit fixed-point and floating-point data types on a single chip. TigerSHARC processor's two types of integrated multiprocessing support (link ports and a cluster bus) enable glueless scalability and unmatched I/O performance. The 32/64-bit cluster interface enables scaling of up to eight devices into a DSP system without the need for bridge chips or supporting logic. In turn, the link ports provide a high bandwidth point-to-point multiprocessing connection that is complementary to the cluster multiprocessing.

Pricing and Availability

A complete set of TigerSHARC processor documentation, along with ADI's VisualDSP++(TM) integrated development tools, is available today enabling all aspects of DSP hardware and software development. ADI's TigerSHARC processor is currently available and priced at $199. per unit in 10,000 unit quantities and can be ordered under the part number ADSP-TS101SAB2-100. The operating range is -40 C to 85 C Tcase.

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 8,600 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.

TigerSHARC is a registered trademark and VisualDSP++ is a trademark of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.