VLSI Technology Inc. and MediaTec GmbH Announce API Software Package for VLSI's ISDN Processors; VLSI ISDN Chip Customer Develops Line Adapter Application Program Interface for VIP Silicon Device Family.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1996--VLSI Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. ) and its customer, MediaTec GmbH, today announced a new API New API (also referred to as NAPI) is an interface to use interrupt mitigation techniques for networking devices in the Linux kernel. Such an approach is intended to reduce the overhead of packet receiving. (application program interface) software package for VLSI's ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. processor family including the VNS VNS Visiting Nurse Service VNS Voter News Service VNS Vagus Nerve Stimulator VNS Virtual Network Switching VNS Vagal Nerve Stimulator VNS Victim Notification System VNS Virtual Network System VNS Varanasi, India - Babatpur (Airport Code) 8000 (VIP Chip). The line adapter In communications, a device similar to a modem, that converts a digital signal into a form suitable for transmission over a communications line and vice versa. It provides parallel/serial and serial/parallel conversion, modulation and demodulation. application program interface (LAAPI) software is specially designed to accelerate application software development, shorten time-to-market and to ease the porting of existing applications to the VIP hardware platform. The LAAPI package is available now and can be packaged together with the VIP chip. VLSI Technology is partnering with MediaTec, a company specially focused on digital communication technologies, to develop a standard software package for VLSI's ISDN chip consisting of Layer 1 to Layer 3 ISDN protocol software and the simple LAAPI software interface. The VIP chip ISDN product was successfully launched in Europe last year and has already secured a significant share of applications in Germany's ISDN telephone market, the world's largest ISDN market. The software package is well-suited for the Euro-ISDN protocol and includes the interface for several popular optional telephone services including calling line identification presentation (CLIP), multi-subscriber number (MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). ) and call waiting (CW). "Given this total solution, customers are now able to shorten their development time and keep costs to a minimum because the VIP allows a single-chip ISDN terminal implementation. This includes the entire protocol stack, allowing the customer the option of running applications on top of the protocol stack. Even companies with limited ISDN experience can benefit from this proven solution and can concentrate their efforts on their own strengths," said Rex Naden, vice president and general manager of the VLSI Network Products Division. "Since it is MediaTec's claim to offer the most competitive technology in the market, it was a logical consequence for MediaTec to use VLSI's VIP hardware platform for our own designs," said Richard Huzenlaub, managing director of MediaTec. "With the VIP, we can get much more focused on software solutions since its architecture allows more functions to be performed in software. That's where we believe we can generate more added value for our product solutions. On top of that, the VIP allows us to reduce the number of components needed due to its high integration and powerful processing engine, the integrated ARM advanced RISC machine (processor) Advanced RISC Machine - (ARM, Originally Acorn RISC Machine). A series of low-cost, power-efficient 32-bit RISC microprocessors for embedded control, computing, digital signal processing, games, consumer multimedia and portable applications. processor." The ISDN LAAPI consists of a 3.5 diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk with the Layer 1 to Layer 3 object libraries, an operating system, the source code of Include and Initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. files, device drivers and a sample application. A comprehensive set of manuals is also included. The complete LAAPI software is available now. For more product information in Europe, interested parties should contact their nearest VLSI Technology sales office. Additional information is also available on VLSI's website at http://www.vlsi.com. About VLSI Technology VLSI Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures System-Level Silicon solutions based on its library of FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus functional system blocks. Targeting its offerings toward the communications, computing, and consumer digital entertainment markets, the company offers its customers advanced system-level integration capabilities. The company is based in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , with 1995 revenues of $720 million, and approximately 3,000 employees worldwide. Visit VLSI's homepage at http://www.vlsi.com. About MediaTec GmbH MediaTec GmbH is based in Pforzheim, Germany and focuses on development and distribution of communication solutions for digital voice and data integration as well as software application interfaces. The company was founded as a management buy-out of the Advanced Terminals department from the Alcatel Business Systems Group in Stuttgart, Germany. The company has an extensive background and experience in ISDN technologies and protocol development. For companies in the telecommunication or computer industry, MediaTec offers ISDN solutions, engineering services and licensing of their products and PC applications. -0- Note to Editors: FSB and System-Level Silicon are trademarks of VLSI Technology, Inc. ARM is a trademark of ARM, Ltd.All other names and trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: VLSI Technology Don Davis, 408/922-5244 (PR) don.davis@sanjose.vlsi.com or Hans-Joachim Schmidt, 49/89-627-06-364 (Marcom Manager) hans-joachim.schmidt@munich.europe.vlsi.com |
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