IDT and VoicePump Deliver Complete VoIP / VoDSL Reference Platform for Customer Premises Equipment Market.Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 Two-Chip Solution Simplifies Development Cycle and Accelerates Time to Market IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology (Integrated Device Technology IDT (NASDAQ: IDTI) was founded in 1980 as a semiconductor vendor. Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide, headquartered in San Jose, California and operating a fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company both designs and fabricates semiconductor components. , Inc.)(Nasdaq:IDTI IDTI Integrated Device Technology Inc ), a leading communications IC company, and VoicePump, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of DSP Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSPG DSPG Defense Special Projects Group ), today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a voice-enabled asymmetric digital subscriber line (communications, protocol) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - (ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop) A form of Digital Subscriber Line in which the bandwidth available for downstream connection is significantly larger then for upstream. (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) reference platform for customers designing customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ). Jointly developed by IDT and VoicePump, the reference platform enables customers to simplify their design process, accelerating the product development and time-to-market cycle for systems that support voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) or voice-over-digital subscriber line (VoDSL) technologies. There are few voice-enabled platforms in the gateway market today. The combination of IDT's RC32355 integrated communications processor and VoicePump's VP140 intelligent CODEC will enable customers to design a cost-effective, flexible platform that supports both data-only gateways and integrated access devices (IADs). As a two-chip solution, this single system architecture approach maximizes software code reuse between several end products, thereby improving time to market. Additionally, customers are able to focus their engineering efforts on value-added features, thus allowing product differentiation. "VoicePump is partnering with industry-leading integrated communications processor vendor IDT to provide a highly scalable IAD platform that addresses support of data and voice traffic," said Cole Erskine, VoicePump's chief technology officer. "The IDT and VoicePump reference platform offers a solution that our shared customers can integrate with confidence, knowing that the technologies are fully compatible." The 79RP355V reference platform, consisting of IDT's 79RP355 gateway reference design and VoicePump's VP140 evaluation board, incorporates highly integrated hardware, as well as the necessary firmware for support in the development of VoIP and VoDSL applications. The inclusion of industry-standard input/output (I/O) interfaces on IDT's RC32355 integrated communications processor simplifies connectivity between the wide area network (WAN), the local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) and the voice subsystem. The processor's high-performance central processing unit See CPU. (architecture, processor) central processing unit - (CPU, processor) The part of a computer which controls all the other parts. Designs vary widely but the CPU generally consists of the control unit, the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU), registers, temporary buffers (CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. ) core enables value-added capabilities and services for differentiating the end application, offering further system flexibility options and providing an opportunity to add new features to deployed units in the field via download over the network. VoicePump's VP140 intelligent CODEC performs all of the voiceband processing functions required for support of voice channels, including on-chip capabilities for speech compression, echo cancellation and four-channel signaling. "As a company focused on 'powering what's next,' IDT believes the partnership with VoicePump will help us to be well positioned for the emergence of VoDSL and VoIP technology," said Sandra Chang, strategic alliance program manager for IDT's Internetworking Products Division. "VoicePump's inclusion of digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP) functionality and traditional telephony circuitry, coupled with the availability of a broad selection of commonly used voice algorithms, provides a low-cost voice subsystem that can be implemented very quickly and efficiently as part of our customers' designs." IDT's RC32355 Integrated Communications Processor IDT's RC32355 integrated communications processor is a single-chip solution optimized to address system bandwidth needs with an unprecedented combination of performance, flexibility and integration. Targeted at the CPE market, the RC32355 integrated communications processor is supported by software and tools from market leaders of complementary technology, like VoicePump, to provide a complete hardware and software solution for designers of gateway system equipment. With the introduction of the RC32355 integrated communications processor, IDT is the first company to successfully integrate ATM, Ethernet, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and telephony interfaces with a high-performance microprocessor core, while maintaining concurrent wire speed on all interfaces. These capabilities offer designers increased flexibility to meet the system requirements of the CPE market. VoicePump's VP140 Announced in October 2000, VoicePump's VP140 series is designed to integrate DSP Group's TeakLite(R) programmable DSP core with all requisite peripherals to perform four packet voice channels on a single processor: program/data memory, host processor interface, analog front end, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. The VP100 family also integrates the necessary DSP firmware to perform a comprehensive range of DSP functions, including speech compression and decompression, echo cancellation and associated telephony signaling functions. This integrated silicon/software product offering is ideally suited for use as the voiceband-processing engine of VoDSL IADs and VoIP gateways for small and medium enterprises, as well as residences. Pricing and Availability The 79RP355V reference platform is sampling now, with full production quantities from IDT available in June 2002. The reference platform is priced at $5,000. Additional information about the RC32355 integrated communications processor, associated reference boards, and other IDT integrated processors can be found on IDT's Web site at http://www.idt.com/products/pages/Integrated_Processors.html. Additional information about the VP140 can be found on VoicePump's Web site at http://www.voicepump.com/products/vp140.html. About IDT http://www.idt.com About VoicePump http://www.voicepump.com. About DSP Group http://www.dspg.com |
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