AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced that it has
partnered with Beceem Communications, a market-leading WiMAX solutions
vendor, to deliver a voice over IP (VoIP) broadband gateway reference
design for 4G-WiMAX service providers. The WiMAX VoIP gateway reference
design is based on Beceem's recently introduced BCS5350 single-chip
WiMAX customer premises equipment (CPE) solution. It also incorporates
Silicon Labs' Si32176
ProSLIC(R) devices to provide the interface that enables the use of
traditional home telephones for VoIP services over WiMAX.
"With its market-leading low power consumption and small footprint,
Silicon Labs' Si32176 ProSLIC is the perfect complement to our
high-performance, single-chip WiMAX CPE solution," said Aditya Agrawal,
senior director of marketing at Beceem Communications. "The highly
integrated reference design streamlines the development process, giving
manufacturers greater flexibility and faster time to market in the
increasingly competitive 4G marketplace."
The reference design uses Silicon Labs' Si32176 ProSLIC integrated
SLIC/codec devices to add one or two telephone ports to a 4G-WiMAX
broadband gateway. Beceem's highly integrated BCS5350 device implements
the entire PHY, MAC and RF functionality of a mobile WiMAX terminal on a
single chip. The broadband gateway solution enables WiMAX service
providers to deliver broadband and fixed-line telephony service
wirelessly to subscribers as an alternative to wired broadband services
such as ADSL or VDSL over telephone wires, data over cable service
interface specification (DOCSIS) over coaxial cable and passive
optical networks (PON) using optical fiber.
"The market-leading semiconductor solutions from Beceem and Silicon Labs
will enable WiMAX gateway vendors to deliver products with the high
performance, low cost, low power consumption and small size that their
customers demand," said Carlos Garcia, vice president of Silicon Labs'
Wireline division. "We expect that our jointly developed VoIP reference
design will be well received by the growing 4G-WiMAX market."
According to Infonetics Research, the WiMAX market is rebounding from
the recession and showing positive signs of growth, with major rollouts
underway in the US, Japan, Russia and India. "We forecast around 125
million WiMAX subscribers by 2014, with 20 to 25 percent of them using
VoIP over their WiMAX connection," said Richard Webb, principle WiMAX
analyst at Infonetics Research. "WiMAX operators will need a broad range
of VoIP-enabled devices to serve this growing need."
About the Si3217x ProSLIC Family
The Si3217x ProSLIC family features the world's smallest single-chip
foreign exchange station (FXS) solutions and the world's first two-chip
FXS+FXO solution. These integrated SLIC/codec devices offer the
industry's lowest power consumption. The single-channel Si3217x ProSLIC
products implement a complete FXS telephony interface solution in a
single package. The Si3217x ICs operate from a 3.3 V supply and connect
to standard PCM/SPI digital interfaces. They are ideal for short and
medium-loop applications including VoIP cable gateways, DSL gateways,
fiber to the home (FTTH) optical network terminals and WiMAX voice
terminals.
Beceem Communications
Beceem is the leading provider of 4G semiconductors and offers a number
of single-chip solutions optimized for mobile devices and CPE markets.
Beceem's products are WiMAX certified, exclusively power the CLEAR and
SPRINT networks in the United States and are validated against the WiMAX
base stations from all major OEMs.
For more information about Beceem, please visit http://www.beceem.com.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of highly-integrated,
easy-to-use products offers customers significant advantages in
performance, size and power consumption. These patented solutions serve
a broad set of markets and applications including consumer,
communications, computing, industrial and automotive.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Silicon Labs is a global enterprise with
operations, sales and design activities worldwide. The company is
committed to contributing to our customers' success by recruiting the
highest quality talent to create industry-changing innovations. For more
information about Silicon Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.
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SOURCE: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
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dale.weisman@silabs.com
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