Conexant Introduces VoIP Handset Adaptor Reference Design.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Fall VON 2003 Booth #613 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003 New Design Enables Analog Telephone Connections to VoIP Networks Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), a worldwide leader in semiconductor system solutions for digital home information and entertainment networks, today unveiled a session initiation protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) reference design for analog and cordless telephone handset adaptors. SIP is an emerging standard for setting up, maintaining and tearing down real-time communications sessions over IP networks. The reference design, which includes Conexant's home network processor, voice coprocessor and voice codec, can be used for residential and commercial applications including connecting analog phones and fax machines to digital VoIP, enterprise or small-office networks. The reference design also includes an interface for Ethernet, ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and cable modem connectivity. "Our new reference design essentially transforms a traditional telephone into an Internet-based device, providing individuals with untethered Unattached to any data or power source by wire or fiber; in other words: wireless. Contrast with tethered. connectivity to voice over IP networks," said Chee Kwan, vice president of Broadband Access Products for Conexant. "Advances in Internet telephony and the emergence of new VoIP carriers are creating consumer demand for lower-cost Internet-based voice services. Our new platform enables manufacturers to provide consumers with a convenient, easy-to-install Internet telephony option that they can use with their existing telephone handsets." The reference design includes Conexant's CX82100 home network processor (HNP HNP Health, Nutrition and Population HNP Herniated Nucleus Pulposus HNP Host Negotiation Protocol HNP Hernia Nuclei Pulposi (Medicine) HNP Herstigte Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika HNP Herenigde Nasionale Party ), CXP CXP Common IFF Digital Transponder Program (US Navy shipboard and aircraft Identification Friend or Foe Transponder) 9168 voice coprocessor, and CX20437 voice codec. The HNP connects through its host interface bus and provides a platform on which voice control functions and network or communications protocols can be implemented. The voice codec provides digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion. The voice coprocessor compresses and decompresses one channel of packet voice from a telephone line or handset, and interfaces to the host network processor over a parallel interface bus. The adaptor design supports one voice port and one 10/100BaseT Ethernet port. About Conexant Conexant's innovative semiconductor system solutions are driving digital home information and entertainment networks worldwide. The company has leveraged its expertise and leadership position in modem technologies to enable more Internet connections than all of its competitors combined, and continues to develop leading integrated silicon solutions for cable, satellite, terrestrial data and digital video networks. Key products include digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) and cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, digital set-top box components and systems solutions, and dial-up modems. The company also offers a suite of wireless data and networking components solutions that includes HomePlug(R), HomePNA(R) and WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network (802.11) components and reference designs. Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. and has approximately 1,450 employees. The company is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif. To learn more, visit us at www.conexant.com. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements relating to future results of Conexant (including certain projections and business trends) that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by the company's and its customers' products; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products; successful development of new products; the timing of new product introductions; the availability of manufacturing capacity; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; changes in product mix; product obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. ; the ability to develop and implement new technologies and to obtain protection for the related intellectual property; and the uncertainties of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , as well as other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Conexant is a trademark of Conexant Systems, Inc. HomePlug is a registered trademark of the HomePlug Power Alliance, Inc. and HomePNA is a registered trademark of the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (communications, networking, protocol, standard) Home Phoneline Networking Alliance - (HomePNA) A non-profit association of more than 100 technology companies working together to ensure adoption of a phone line networking standard which should provide high-speed, affordable home . Other brands and names contained in this release are the property of their respective owners. Note to Editors and Analysts: Conexant will demonstrate the new VoIP reference design at the Fall 2003 Voice on the Net Conference and Expo in Boston, Sept. 22-25, Booth #613. |
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