Conexant to Incorporate Copper Mountain Technology Into Its DSL IAD Chipsets.Business Editors & 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)--Aug. 21, 2000 Participation In CopperSilicon(TM) Initiative Ensures Interoperability With Copper Mountain's Widely Deployed 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 Equipment Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) Monday announced that it has joined the new CopperSilicon Initiative, which is being led by Copper Mountain Networks Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN), a leading provider of 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) solutions for business and residential users. As a participant in the CopperSilicon Initiative, Conexant will incorporate Copper Mountain technology into its next-generation chipsets for Voice over DSL (VoDSL) integrated access devices (IADs). This will ensure that IAD (Integrated Access Device) A device that multiplexes a variety of communications technologies in the customer's premises onto a single telephone line for transmission to the carrier. It also demultiplexes the incoming streams into their respective channels. manufacturers that employ Conexant's chipsets can rapidly develop VoDSL IADs that fully interoperate with Copper Mountain's widely deployed family of DSL concentrators. Nearly 10,000 Copper Mountain CopperEdge(R) and OnPrem(TM) concentrators, with a combined capacity of 1.7 million ports, are currently deployed worldwide. "As a longtime, key silicon partner of Copper Mountain, Conexant is pleased to extend its relationship to participate in the CopperSilicon Initiative," said Roland Soohoo, director of multi-service access marketing for Conexant's Network Access Division. "We are committed to providing a complete range of interoperability solutions in our IAD chipsets including offering our customers such technological innovations as Copper Mountain's adaptive fragmentation, which ensures quality of service for IP-based voice networks. It also means that our customers' IADs will fully interoperate with Copper Mountain's worldwide installed base of nearly 10,000 DSL concentrators." "Conexant's IAD chipsets will allow IAD manufacturers to bring products to market more quickly and more cost-effectively," said Rick Gilbert, Copper Mountain's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are very pleased that Conexant is incorporating Copper Mountain VoDSL technology into its chipsets." About Conexant Systems Inc. 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 Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , 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 data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. networks, cordless and cellular wireless telephony telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver. See also: Wireless 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. For more information, visit Conexant at www.conexant.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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