CONEXANT'S BLUETOOTH LINK MGR. GETS 1.1 CERTIFICATION.

Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), Newport Beach, Calif., a worldwide leader in semiconductor system solutions for communications applications, has announced that its Bluetooth(TM) Link Manager achieved compliance with the Bluetooth SIG specification 1.1 and is listed on the official Web site.

The Link Manager is protocol software that performs link setup, security and control, and is integrated with Conexant's CX81400 baseband processor.

The CX81400 integrates all modem-specific functions as well as on-chip read-only and random-access memory, which eliminates the need for external components such as flash memory, thereby reducing the manufacturer's overall cost.

The device supports either universal asynchronous receive transmit (UART) or universal serial bus (USB) HCI transport layers, and full master-to-seven slave piconet communications. The device is also designed to meet the full Bluetooth-specified asymmetric data rate of 721Kbps and to support three synchronous connection-oriented link voice channels.

The CX81400 is fabricated using a state-of-the-art 0.18-micron CMOS process and it is enclosed in a 160- or 100-pin FPBGA package.

About Conexant

Conexant Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in semiconductor system solutions for communications applications. Conexant leverages its expertise in mixed-signal processing to deliver integrated systems and semiconductor products through two separate businesses: Conexant and Mindspeed Technologies.

Conexant's personal networking business is focused on wireless communications, digital infotainment and personal computing products that are used in mobile communications and the broadband digital home. Mindspeed Technologies is focused on Internet infrastructure products including WAN transport, multiservice access and broadband access for applications that extend from the edge of the Internet all the way to its optical core.

Conexant is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., and delivered revenues of $2.1 billion for fiscal 2000. The company is a member of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 indices.

To learn more, visit http://www.conexant.com or http://www.mindspeed.com or call 949/483-7363.