Entropic Communications Ships 100,000th c.LINK Chipset.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Entropic Communications, Inc., continues to make strides in its mission to make the distribution of video in and around the home a reality with the milestone shipment of its 100,000th c.LINK-270(TM) chipset.

The c.LINK-270 is used in a variety of consumer broadband electronics such as set-top boxes, digital video recorders, broadband home routers and media gateways enabling whole-home networking over the existing coaxial cable infrastructure. The high speed, reliability and ubiquity of coax make it the ideal medium for networking high-bandwidth applications such as video, without the need for new wiring or a truck roll, a major consideration for telco, cable and satellite service providers.

Entropic's c.LINK-270 began production shipments in December 2004 for home networking of digital entertainment. It is a two-chip-set that consists of an RF coax interface chip and a baseband controller with an integrated media access controller (MAC). Entropic has design wins with a number of companies including Motorola, Westell, and Actiontec.

In October of this year, the company introduced a network access chip-set consisting of the same RF coax interface chip, plus the network access client and the access network controller for the last 500 meter broadband access market. The c.LINK-Access solution is used in devices at the building point-of-entry providing more than 100 Mbps of broadband data up to 31 units from a single network controller. One of the first customers for c.LINK-Access is Panasonic in a broadband modem deployed by Jupiter Communications (J:COM), Japan's largest multiple systems operator (MSO) with two million subscribers.

The company can claim to serve the entire value chain for home networking with LAN and WAN chipsets using the same baseline technology and providing all the advantages of coaxial cable for whole house video and entertainment distribution.

"The home network of the future will be an integration of numerous technologies and mediums but coax is the best means for distribution of entertainment," said Steve Rago, principal analyst at market research firm, iSuppli. "Entropic provides a viable solution that can coexist with other mediums in the home while providing the bandwidth service providers require."

c.LINK is supported by comprehensive software development (SDK) and evaluation kits (EVK). These tools provide technical guidance and documentation for consumer electronic manufacturers wanting to build products using high-speed digital entertainment home networking technology over coax.

Entropic is a founding member of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(TM)), www.mocalliance.org, the industry alliance promoting the video distribution over coaxial cable.

About Entropic Communications

Entropic Communications, Inc., is the leading developer of LAN and WAN coax networking for home digital entertainment. Entropic's products allow consumers to easily share digital entertainment throughout the home by leveraging the existing coax infrastructure to fundamentally change the way content such as movies, music, and images are stored and networked by the average user. For more information: www.entropic.com.

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