Silicon Laboratories Introduces the Industry's Most Integrated Quad-Band Edge Radio.AUSTIN, Texas -- Speeds Time-to-Market for EDGE Handsets Using Proven Aero(TM) Transceiver Technology Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:SLAB) today announced the Aero(TM) EDGE Radio, the industry's most integrated, highest performance radio for GSM/GPRS/EDGE cellular handsets. Based on Silicon Laboratories' proven Aero transceiver technology, a GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio can be implemented with 50 percent less board space and 60 percent fewer components compared to competing solutions. The Aero EDGE Radio provides a complete turnkey reference design for an entire quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio simplifying design and manufacturing and providing a solution that enables manufacturers to cost-effectively deliver feature-rich EDGE handsets, radio modems and modules. The Aero EDGE Radio is based on Silicon Laboratories' Aero II transceiver, the industry's most integrated single-chip GSM/GPRS transceiver. The Aero II transceiver integrates all critical components including RF and IF voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), VCO (1) (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) An oscillator that can be tuned over a wide range of frequencies by applying a voltage (tuning voltage) to it. Used in many applications such as radio tuners, VCOs are less costly than crystal oscillators, but not as stable. tuning components and loop filters. The Aero II transceiver features a proven, highly integrated, digitally-controlled crystal oscillator An oscillator that uses a quartz crystal to generate a frequency. Such devices generally output a fixed frequency, but some can be controlled by a tuning voltage over a small range. Contrast with VCO. (DCXO DCXO Digitally-Compensated Crystal Oscillator ) that integrates the reference varactor varactor: see diode. Varactor A solid-state device which has a capacitance that varies with the voltage applied across it. The name varactor is a contraction of the words variable and reactor. enabling the use of a standard 26 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. crystal to provide the transceiver reference clock. "The Aero EDGE Radio offers our customers a market-ready platform for EDGE handsets enabling high data rates while preserving excellent GSM/GPRS performance," said Ed Healy, vice president of Silicon Laboratories. "Based on a proven architecture, the Aero EDGE Radio allows handset manufacturers to quickly enter the EDGE market while delivering the highest level of integration and performance." Unlike other solutions that require custom components, the Aero EDGE Radio includes a proven digital low-IF receiver and a linear transmitter based on a high-performance offset phase-locked loop A phase-locked loop or phase lock loop (PLL) is an electronic control system that generates a signal that has a fixed relation to the phase of a "reference" signal. A phase-locked loop circuit responds to both the frequency and the phase of the input signals, automatically (OPLL OPLL Optical Phase-Locked Loop OPLL Offset Phase-Locked Loop OPLL Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of Spine ). Based on this technology, the Aero EDGE Radio is qualified for components sourced from multiple vendors, offering customers a high degree of flexibility in procurement and supply. In addition, the Aero II transceiver includes a software-programmable universal baseband interface that supports all leading basebands for GSM/GPRS including those offered by emerging baseband suppliers for the EDGE market. Pricing and Availability The development kit for the Aero EDGE Radio including baseboard base·board n. A molding that conceals the joint between an interior wall and the floor. Also called mopboard. Noun 1. controller, evaluation board, daughter card, documentation and software is available for $950. Pricing for the Aero II transceiver begins at $4.94 in quantities of 10,000. The Aero EDGE Radio is sampling in July 2004. Silicon Laboratories Inc. Silicon Laboratories Inc. is a leading designer of high-performance, analog-intensive mixed-signal integrated circuits A mixed-signal integrated circuit combines analog circuits with digital signal processing (DSP) circuits on a single semiconductor die. An integrated circuit that includes both analog and digital circuitry (but no DSP), like a 555 timer, is generally not considered a mixed-signal (ICs) for a broad range of applications. Silicon Laboratories' diverse portfolio of highly integrated, patented solutions is developed by a world-class engineering team with decades of cumulative expertise in cutting-edge mixed-signal design. The company has design, engineering, marketing, sales and applications offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. For more information about Silicon Laboratories please visit www.silabs.com. Cautionary Language This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on Silicon Laboratories' current expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Silicon Laboratories believes that it is important to communicate the company's future expectations to investors. However, there may be events in the future that Silicon Laboratories is not able to accurately predict or control. For a discussion of these and other factors that could impact Silicon Laboratories' financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Silicon Laboratories' recent filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed January 26, 2004, and the 10-Q filed April 26, 2004. Note to editors: Silicon Laboratories, Aero and the Silicon Laboratories logo are trademarks of Silicon Laboratories Inc. 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