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Intersil Develops Advanced Four-Port Solution to Add Voice Capabilities to Broadband Networks
-- Solution provides quick low-cost migration to voice over broadband
IRVINE, CA, May 30, 2002 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions, today announced collaboration with Texas Instruments (TI) to provide a POTS solution for voice-over-broadband (VoB) access. This flexible and cost-effective voice-over-broadband four-port solution enables manufacturers and service providers to quickly deploy enhanced voice capabilities on existing broadband platforms.
The solution is based on Intersils new ISL5587 dual ringing subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) IC. Two ISL5587 dual SLICs interface directly with TIs TP2450 programmable voice codec. The resulting complete voice interface is used in network interface devices, small and medium enterprise gateways, and customer premises devices such as home routers and gateways, DSL and cable modems, and multimedia terminal adapters.
TIs DSP and broadband system expertise combined with our voice interface experience has yielded a complete and flexible solution that allows broadband providers to cost-effectively meet the needs of the growing VoB markets, said Mike Althar, vice president of Intersils Analog Solutions Group. The Intersil VoB-4 solution is designed to work with existing equipment, which eases the immediate costs of deploying voice over broadband systems and provides a migration path to next generation voice services. Service providers can rapidly expand their voice capabilities with these programmable solutions, thus increasing revenues as user demand rises.
Our new programmable codec family, starting with the new TP2450, draws on our DSP and broadband system-level expertise to provide customers a flexible solution that makes it easier to add POTS capabilities to broadband access devices, said Bill Simmelink, general manager of TIs VoIP Business Unit. The joint solutions programmability contributes to easier board design and offers flexible transhybrid balancing and impedance matching for a truly global solution.
Highly Flexible VoB-4 Solution ISL5587 RSLICs and TP2450 Codec
Two ISL5587 dual SLICs and one TP2450 programmable four-channel codec provide a flexible four-port solution. Only a single 3.3-V power supply is needed. The entire Intersil plus TI voice interface offers the lowest power dissipation in the industry. This enables line-powered applications and extends the charge life of backup batteries, significantly reducing costs for service providers and OEMs. The programmable voice interface helps manufacturers decrease system costs by integrating passive components and facilitating the use of a single design for different countries.
Support for the ISL5587 and the TP2450 includes analog reference designs, joint Intersil and TI evaluation platforms, individualized customer support and industry-leading Telogy Software products. The ISL5587 and TP2450 are currently sampling with volume production expected in early 2003. Prices will range from $5 to $6 for the dual-channel SLIC and $7 to $8 for the quad-channel codec, depending on volume.
About Intersils Voice Interface Products and Solutions Intersil offers multiple families of ringing and non-ringing subscriber line interface circuits (SLICs) designed to meet voice capability needs across all telecom markets and applications. In addition to application optimized SLICs, Intersil offers a wide selection of complete VoB solutions through strategic collaborations with key DSP and CODEC market leaders such as TI. All products are supported with evaluation platforms and all solutions are supported with complete reference designs.
Intersil Corporation manufactures and markets high performance analog and wireless networking solutions. As a global semiconductor leader, Intersil focuses on four of the industry's fastest growing markets – flat panel displays, optical storage (CD and DVD recordable), power management and wireless networking. Intersil brings added customer value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that enhance the computing experience for people wherever they live, work or travel. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the company's web site and career page at www.intersil.com.
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