Analog Devices and Aware Announce Availability of Voice Enabled DSL Chipsets.

Business/Technology Editors

SUPERCOMM 2000 (Booth #1449)

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000

Voice-enabled DSL (VeDSL) Allows Service Providers to Use ADSL to

Bundle Multi-Line Voice and High-Speed Data Services For Consumers

Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), the global leader in ADSL silicon solutions, and Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), the source for DSL intellectual property, today announced the availability of Aware's Voice-enabled DSL (VeDSL) technology as part of Analog Devices' growing family of ADSL chipset solutions. VeDSL is specifically designed to deliver multiple lines of toll-quality voice to residential ADSL subscribers.

Russ Johnsen, vice president and general manager of Analog Devices Communications Products Division, said: "ADI is very excited to include this groundbreaking voice-over-DSL technology in our suite of central office and customer premises ADSL chipsets." He continued: "There is strong demand for multiple lines of voice in the home, and Aware's VeDSL technology will enable our customers to easily add this functionality to their equipment. As a result, service providers can bundle standard POTS telephone service, high-speed Internet access and additional lines for voice, fax, and dial-up modems over the same copper wire."

Michael Tzannes, president and chief executive officer of Aware, noted: "VeDSL's simplified network integration and scalability makes it ideal for the mass consumer market because it offers both CLECs and ILECs the opportunity to use voice over DSL to broaden their service offerings without overhauling their networks. By offering this technology on ADI chipsets, we are rapidly enabling industry leading ADSL equipment providers with this innovative voice solution."

VeDSL is unique among proposed voice-over-DSL solutions in that it transports voice traffic over the copper loop within the ADSL data stream. As calls are placed or received, VeDSL dynamically allocates data bandwidth to support the second-line voice call or dial-up session. When the call is complete, the bandwidth can be reallocated to maximize Internet access speed. Because VeDSL avoids the use of ATM or IP to carry voice, the complexity associated with these protocols is eliminated, while reliable toll-quality voice is ensured. As a result, VeDSL technology is less expensive and easier to integrate into existing networks and management systems, yet versatile enough to work with evolving packetized networks.

For a demonstration of VeDSL technology, visit Aware at SUPERCOMM 2000 in Booth # 1449 and Analog Devices at Booth # 3129 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia from June 4-8.

About Analog Devices

With revenues of $1.1 billion for the first half of fiscal 2000, Analog Devices is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications. Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, the company employs approximately 8,200 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Phillipines and Taiwan. Analog Devices' stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the company is included in the S&P 500 Index.

About Aware

Aware, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets DSL technology that enables broadband communications over existing telephone networks. Its solutions, including splitterless G.Lite and full-rate ADSL, address central office as well consumer electronics requirements. The company licenses its intellectual property and software to semiconductor manufacturers and equipment manufacturers who sell products incorporating Aware's technology. Aware also markets to systems companies to encourage them to design its technology into their products, and to service providers to encourage them to deploy new broadband services based on its technology. More information about Aware can be found at http://www.aware.com.

Note to Investors:

This press release contains certain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or the future financial performance of Aware. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include the risks that Aware has a new and unproven business model, that Aware depends on a limited number of licensees, that Aware depends on equipment companies to incorporate its technology, and that DSL technology competes with other technologies for broadband access. These and other risks are described in various filings that Aware has made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which risks are incorporated herein by reference.