Conexant Releases Industry's First Complete Solution for Developing Broadband Access Gateway Products for the European Market.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 Co-Developed With Cisco, Conexant's Complete Reference Design Includes a Single-Chip Cable Modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. and Associated Software for Broadband Access See broadband and wireless broadband. Products that Deliver Voice, Video and Data Services Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) Monday announced the availability of a complete reference design that will bring together voice, video and data services in broadband access gateway products for corporate telecommuters, small businesses, home offices and residential end-users in the European cable market. These products will support a host of applications from electronic commerce, online trading Online Trading Making trades via the Internet. Notes: The use of online trading increased dramatically in the mid to late 1990's with the advent of high-speed computers and Internet connections. Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and currencies can all be traded online. and corporate training to high-speed Web browsing, business and residential videoconferencing, online entertainment and gaming. Conexant's InfoSurge(TM) CX9430CM solution was jointly developed with Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), and Com21 (Nasdaq:CMTO CMTO College of Massage Therapists of Ontario ) also has adopted a version of this platform for its next-generation broadband access products. The platform is based on Conexant's CN9414 programmable single-chip cable modem, the world's only solution capable of supporting all current and future global open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced for cable modems. This was also the first cable-modem chip to achieve verification from the digital video broadcast (DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. )/Digital Audio Video Council (DAVIC DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council DAVIC Digital Audio Video Council ) Interoperability Consortium, in a product implementation that was developed by cable-modem system manufacturer, The industree BV. This verification will ensure compliance with the DVB standard as widespread product deployment begins throughout Europe. The industree's CableFleet(R) implementation leverages the CN9414's versatile software-centric architecture to deliver end-to-end voice services, five simultaneous channels of TV-quality video, and fast Internet access See how to access the Internet. over hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) networks. "With this reference design, manufacturers serving Europe and other global DVB/EuroModem markets now have the world's most comprehensive and versatile broadband access design platform -- a platform that has also been endorsed by some of Europe's most prominent manufacturers," said Dan Marotta, vice president and general manager for Conexant's Digital Infotainment Division. "No other solution offers the same combination of completeness, performance, low cost and flexibility, along with the ability to support new worldwide open standards and feature sets like I7P telephony and home networking, all via simple network downloads." Cable modems are up to 1,000 times faster than today's fastest dial-up modems, and combine a complex set of functions including signal modulation/demodulation, bridging and routing, a network interface, a simple network management protocol (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. ) agent, and an Ethernet hub. Conexant's CX9430CM reference design simplifies and speeds product development by providing all of the integrated hardware and software for this functionality, in full support of DVB and EuroModem industry standards. It is the most complete reference design available, and will simplify the development of products that interoperate with cable network infrastructure equipment in Europe, China, Latin America and other worldwide markets. Additionally, the CN9414's unique, programmable architecture, coupled with its embedded advanced RISC machine (processor) Advanced RISC Machine - (ARM, Originally Acorn RISC Machine). A series of low-cost, power-efficient 32-bit RISC microprocessors for embedded control, computing, digital signal processing, games, consumer multimedia and portable applications. (ARM) processors, provides manufacturers with the unprecedented flexibility to quickly adapt their designs for use in a variety of emerging Internet Protocol (IP), telephony and video product designs. In April, Com21 announced that it selected Conexant's CN9414 single-chip cable modem to develop next-generation products supporting the DVB and EuroModem industry standards. Com21 is basing these products on an enhanced version of Conexant's DVB/EuroModem cable-modem reference design, which Com21 will use to create products with enhanced functionality and performance for the DVB, DAVIC and EuroModem market segments. Conexant's complete reference design includes a comprehensive suite of drivers, application software and operating system codes, as well as EuroModem Class A application-layer software above the transmission control protocol (TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. )/IP stack for such critical cable-modem functions as registration, authentication and software downloading. CX9430CM software is also upgradable to EuroModem Class B standards via a network download. In addition reference design includes all application program interface (API) documentation, plus schematics and Gerber files. Together, the single-chip cable modem and comprehensive reference-design software suite create a complete system solution that is up to 25 percent less costly and more power-efficient than alternative digital cable-modem solutions. Conexant's unique programmable cable-modem architecture also improves system performance as compared with full-hardware solutions, since its software-based media access control (MAC) layer enables cable-modem functionality to be distributed more efficiently among a number of processing resources. DVB and DAVIC are international standards for interactive video, audio, data and voice services, and they provide the foundation for the more extensive EuroModem specification established by the EuroModem Consortium consisting of members of the European Cable Communications Association (ECCA ECCA European Cable Communication Association ECCA East Caribbean Currency Authority ECCA English Community Association (UK) ECCA Electromagnetically Coupled Curl Antenna ECCA European Cable Communications Association ). Conexant's CX9430CM reference design will be available in July 2000 to customers wishing to manufacture DVB/DAVIC EuroModem Class A products in volume. About Conexant Systems With a revenue run-rate of approximately $2 billion per year, Conexant is the world's largest independent company focused exclusively on providing semiconductor solutions for communications electronics. With more than 30 years of experience in developing communications technology, the company draws upon its expertise in mixed-signal processing to deliver integrated systems and semiconductor products for a broad range of communications applications. These products facilitate communications worldwide through wireline voice and data communications networks, cordless and cellular wireless telephony systems, personal imaging devices and equipment, and emerging cable and wireless broadband communications networks. The company aligns its business into five product platforms: Network Access, Wireless Communications, Digital Infotainment, Personal Imaging, and Personal Computing. Conexant is a member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 Indices. 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