Zilog launches wireless voice and data link family.CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1995--Zilog, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ZLOG) today announced an expansion of its high-performance spread spectrum voice and data link microcontroller family. Zilog is one of the first semiconductor companies to provide spread spectrum solutions for both cordless phones and wireless network applications. Zilog's wireless family of devices supports all three of the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. designated unlicensed ISM bands: 900 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. , 2.4 GHz and 5.7 GHz. The Z87200/Z87210 data link chipset and the Z87000/Z87010 voice chipset integrate two of the three sections of the wireless design: the baseband and the IF portion. Because the RF receiver section is application dependent, Zilog partners with several RF receiver companies to provide a total wireless solution. The Z87200 direct sequence spreader/despreader and the Z87210 encoder/decoder chipset is designed for high-speed burst data applications such as wireless data link, data acquisition systems, point-of-sale terminals, wireless PBXs, scanners and barcode readers. "Existing hardwired networks can utilize spread spectrum technology by adding remote portable computing platforms, as well as additional on-site computers, using Zilog's wireless data link solution," commented Haleh Aminfayezi, manager for wireless data link communications. "For wireless campus LANs, Zilog's spread spectrum data link chipset supports reliable, jam-resistant transmission with data rates up to 2.048 Mbps." Using Zilog-supplied firmware, the Z872000ZCO ZCO Temuco, Chile - Manquehue (Airport Code) ZCO Zope Cartographic Object ZCO Zenith Configuration Object ZCO Zero Copy Object ZCO Zero Cross over evaluation board acts as a wireless data modem A modem used for sending data and not faxes. See modem and fax/modem. and includes a generic RF interface for a user-supplied RF module or Zilog's loopback board. The evaluation board and the loopback board are available for $753.00 each. The Z87000 spreader/despreader and the Z87010 encoder/decoder chip-set provides extended range and high voice quality for 900 MHz spread spectrum cordless phones using frequency hopping A wireless modulation method that rapidly changes the center frequency of a transmission. See spread spectrum and 802.11. and digital modulation. The Z87000 uses a 16-bit DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive core as the phone and RF section controller to support the generation of control messages needed to coordinate interoperation between the phone's handset and base station. "To speed up and minimize the customer's design efforts, Zilog offers turnkey development kits for both voice and data solutions," said Dimitri Desmons, Zilog's consumer wireless channel manager. "The ZPhone kit includes a complete phone design, software, and a generic RF transceiver, allowing our customers to quickly build cost- competitive spread spectrum cordless phones." The Z8700001ZCO ZPhone evaluation boards can be configured as a handset or base station and can be connected to RF modules to form a complete, full-featured cordless telephone with intercom capabilities. Both boards are available for $500.00 each. The Z8700000ZEM ZEM Zero Emission Machines (personal vehicles) ZEM Zero Effort Miss ICEBOX emulator, available for $1,800.00, provides the complete Z87000 software suite with 12K Word ROM. Manufacturers can also customize the ZPhone software to meet their specific design application needs. The $200 Z8700000TSC TSC Thestreet.com (stock symbol) TSC Time Stamp Counter TSC Tuberous Sclerosis Complex TSC Tractor Supply Company TSC Terrorist Screening Center (Department of Homeland Security) protopak is an emulation module that allows application software to be loaded on EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. and tested in the application. Once tested, the code can be submitted for ROM masking. In 100-Pin QFP (Quad FlatPack) A square, surface mount chip package that has leads on all four sides and comes in several varieties. PQFP (Plastic QFP) may refer to all of the following QFP types. All quad flatpacks use gull-wing leads, except for the CQFP, which stick straight out. and 84-Pin PLCC (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier) A plastic, square, surface mount chip package that contains leads on all four sides. The leads (pins) extend down and back under and into tiny indentations in the housing. See chip package. packages, the Z87000 is available for $19.00 in 1K quantities. The Z87010 is available in 44-Pin QFP packages for $6.00 in 1K quantities. In 1K quantities, the Z87200 at 20 MHz is $15.00 and $29.00 at 45 MHz. The Z87210 is priced at $12.21 in 1K quantities. Zilog is an innovator in the development, design and manufacture of application specific standard products (ASSPs) for the datacom- munications, peripherals and consumer products markets. ASSPs are very large scale integrated circuits designed for a particular market application rather than a single customer. The company utilizes its Superintegration(TM) design methodology to combine cores and cells from the company's extensive library of customer-familiar microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory and logic circuits to meet the design, cost and time-to-market requirements of its customers. Zilog has its headquarters in Campbell, California and had 1994 revenues of $223.3 million. It employs approximately 1,500 people and has 26 direct sales offices and more than 120 distributor and rep locations worldwide. -0- Note to Editors: Superintegration is a trademark of Zilog, Inc. CONTACT: Zilog, Inc. Chris Bradley, 408/370-8246 408/370-8056 (fax) |
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