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Intersil's Dual High-speed DACs Lead Industry Performance/Price Value

-- New 260-MHz dual DACs offer high accuracy, lowest power, single-supply operation and low cost

MILPITAS, CA, June 28, 2004 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced the release of four new high-speed dual digital-to-analog converters (DACs), the 8-bit ISL5627, the 10-bit ISL5727, the 12-bit ISL5827 and the 14-bit ISL5927. Each IC contains two high-performance DACs that operate up to 260 million samples per second (Msps). These new converters offer the industry’s highest performance to price value with the highest precision, single-supply operation and the industry’s lowest power consumption for conversion of high-speed digital data to high-accuracy analog. Target applications for these high-performance DACs include 3G cellular infrastructure, broadband wireless access, satellite communications, high-resolution imaging, medical equipment and test instrumentation.

“Intersil’s new high-speed ISL5627, ISL5727, ISL5827 and ISL5927 dual DACs lead the industry in performance to price value, improving the quality of service for all broadband communications systems and instrumentation,” said Mamoon Rashid, director of Intersil’s Analog Solutions Products. “Two DACs in one IC offer space and cost savings supported by the industry’s lowest power consumption and single-supply operation.”

These new Intersil DACs are fully supported with technical documentation, evaluation platforms, technical support and an exclusive online Test DriveSM service that allows customers to evaluate Intersil’s digital-to-analog converters and analog-to-digital converters without the time and expense of utilizing engineering and laboratory resources. This free online service is available to customers at Intersil’s Test Drive Web site: http://www.intersil.com/testdrive/

ISL5627, ISL5727, ISL5827 and ISL5927 Technical Summary

• Two DACs in one IC, +3.3 V single supply
• Guaranteed gain matching less than 0.14 dB
• Up to 260 MHz clock rate
• ISL5627 – 8 bits – lower power replacement for AD9709
• ISL5727 – 10 bits – lower power replacement for AD9763
• ISL5827 – 12 bits – lower power replacement for AD9765
• ISL5927 – 14 bits – lower power replacement for AD9767
• Low power, approx. 230 mW with 20 mA out at 130 Msps
• Adjustable full-scale output current over a 2 to 20 mA range
• Excellent spurious-free dynamic range (fs = 130 Msps, fout = 10 MHz)
  • ISL5627 – 67 dBc to Nyquist
  • ISL5727 – 70 dBc to Nyquist
  • ISL5827 – 73 dBc to Nyquist
  • ISL5927 – 75 dBc to Nyquist
• UMTS adjacent-channel power at 19.2 MHz
  • ISL5727 - 65 dB, ISL5827 - 70 dB, ISL5927 - 71 dB
• EDGE/GSM SFDR at 11 MHz in a 20 MHz window
  • ISL5727 - 83 dBc, ISL5827 - 90 dBc, ISL5927 - 94 dBc
• Industrial temperature range of –40 to +85 degrees C
• Packaging – 48-lead 7 X 7 mm LQFP

ISL5627, ISL5727, ISL5827 and ISL5927 Pricing and Availability
The ISL5627, ISL5727, ISL5827 and ISL5927 are available now. The suggested resale price for quantities of 100 to 999 units is as follows:

ISL5627IN	8-bit	$13.13
ISL5727IN	10-bit	$15.75
ISL5827IN	12-bit	$18.38
ISL5927IN	14-bit	$21.00

About Intersil
Intersil Corporation, a NASDAQ 100 Index company, is a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog semiconductors. The company’s products address three of the industry’s fastest growing markets: flat panel displays, optical storage (CD and DVD recordable) and power management. Intersil products include power management devices for battery management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, supervisory ICs, switching DC-DC regulators and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; video and high performance operational amplifiers; data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and rad-hard applications. 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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