Spectrum Signal Processing Introduces Electronic Intelligence Rapid-Prototyping Platform.

BURNABY, British Columbia -- Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. (TSX: SSY)(NASDAQ: SSPI) today announced the flexComm(TM) SDR-2000 ERDP, an electronic intelligence (ELINT) rapid-prototyping and development platform. This fully integrated, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software defined radio platform is designed to promote the rapid development and deployment of intelligence systems targeting the intercept and processing of RADAR signals.

The SDR-2000 ERDP is designed to support the emitter detection and identification functions typical of an ELINT wideband spectral analysis platform. The system provides two receive and one transmit channel at industry standard 213.33 megasamples per second (MSPS) supporting a 160 MHz Intermediate Frequency (IF) with bandwidths in excess of 80 MHz. Each of the received IF channels is digitized and forwarded concurrently to both a spectral analysis functional block and a delay-buffer/channel processing functional block. This concurrent processing is a critical feature to enable simultaneous spectral analysis and channel processing in real-time without missing any samples. The SDR-2000 ERDP supports specific emitter identification. Digital input/output is provided for control of radio frequency (RF) front-ends for applications where each channel continuously "stares" at a single frequency band, or where the RF front-ends are stepped through a larger frequency band as part of a search strategy. The transmit channel can be used to calibrate and test each of the receive channels, and provides a mechanism for supporting non-collocated electronic attack within the same platform. Additional product information can be found at www.spectrumsignal.com/products/pci-x/sdr_2000_erdp.asp.

"Our goal in designing the SDR-2000 ERDP was to accelerate the field deployments of our ELINT customers," said Mark Briggs, Spectrum's Director of Marketing. "The platform supports multi-channel development using a highly scalable and modular architecture. It can be deployed as-is in many ELINT settings and its flexibility allows it to be rapidly customized. This allows developers to mitigate technical, cost and schedule risks throughout the development and deployment of their complex ELINT programs." He continues, "The SDR-2000 ERDP is our third application-specific platform, joining the satellite communications (SATCOM)-focused SDR-2000 SRDP and the military communications (MILCOM)-focused SDR-3000 MRDP."

The SDR-2000 ERDP is a PCI/PCI-X-based platform incorporated on a 2U Dual Intel(R) Xeon(TM) server supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES. It uses a high performance Xilinx(R) Virtex-II Pro(TM) field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based, Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture (JASA)-compliant, wideband IF transceiver module (XMC-3310) for the IF conversion and spectral analysis functions, with support for up to a 32K point FFT per IF channel while maintaining real-time performance. A Virtex-II-based processing engine (ePMC-8120) module provides the processing necessary to extract emitters at the frequencies of interest identified in the spectral analysis section, with the on-board double data rate (DDR) SDRAM allowing for a delay buffer of greater than 500 milliseconds. Identification of extracted emitters is supported on the dual Xeon processors. The modules are interconnected through a high-speed communications fabric and hosted on multiple ePMC/XMC-to-PCI-X PRO-2900 carrier cards. The PCI-X bus interface provides the interconnection between the Xeon processors and the modules. The package includes Spectrum's quicComm(TM) software, which is a hardware abstraction layer that facilitates code portability. Comprehensive software examples that demonstrate application data flows are also provided.

The SDR-2000 ERDP is available for order immediately.

ABOUT SPECTRUM SIGNAL PROCESSING INC.

Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. (TSX:SSY)(NASDAQ:SSPI) is a leading supplier of software defined platforms for defense electronics applications. Spectrum's products and services are optimized for military communications, signals intelligence, surveillance, electronic warfare, and satellite communications applications. Spectrum's integrated, application-ready products provide its customers with compelling time-to-market and performance advantages while mitigating program risk and cost parameters. Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc., based in Columbia, Maryland, provides applications engineering services and modified commercial-off-the-shelf platforms to the US Government, its allies and its prime contractors. More information on Spectrum and its flexComm product line is available at www.spectrumsignal.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements related to sales of the Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. flexComm product line. Although Spectrum has received orders for shipping flexComm product, development delays and customer issues could delay shipments. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and acceptance of Spectrum's new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, availability of components, changing market conditions and the other risks detailed from time to time in other company filings. Actual results may differ materially from those projected. These forward-looking statements represent the company's judgment as of the date of this release and Spectrum may or may not update these forward-looking statements in the future. Readers are referred to Spectrum's assumptions and risk factors set out in the most current Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the British Columbia Securities Commission.

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