Conexant's Bluetooth™ Link Manager Receives 1.1 Certification
Gwen
Carlson
Conexant Systems, Inc.
(949) 483-7363
gwen.carlson@conexant.com
Roslyn
Whitehurst
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
(949) 260-1300
rwhitehurst@bsmg.com
CONEXANT'S
BLUETOOTH™ LINK MANAGER
RECEIVES 1.1 CERTIFICATION
Hardware and Software Solution
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., — August 21, 2001 — Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a worldwide leader in semiconductor system solutions for communications applications, today announced that its Bluetooth™ Link Manager achieved compliance with the Bluetooth SIG specification 1.1 and is listed on the official website. Link Manager is protocol software that performs link setup, security and control, and is integrated with Conexant's CX81400 baseband processor, which achieved 1.1 certification this June.
"This certification marks the completion of our current Bluetooth baseband product, and supports our objective to ramp volume production quantities this fall," said Desmond O'Donnell, senior Bluetooth product line manager for Conexant. "Bluetooth technology continues to gain support worldwide, and our low-power solution is an ideal fit for portable devices that require extended battery life and a small form factor."
The CX81400 integrates all modem-specific functions as well as on-chip read-only and random-access memory, which eliminates the need for external components such as flash memory, thereby reducing the manufacturer's overall cost. The device supports either universal asynchronous receive transmit (UART) or universal serial bus (USB) HCI transport layers, and full master-to-seven slave piconet communications. The device is also designed to meet the full Bluetooth-specified asymmetric data rate of 721Kbps and to support three synchronous connection-oriented link voice channels. The CX81400 is fabricated using a state-of-the-art 0.18-micron CMOS process, and it is enclosed in a 160- or 100-pin FPBGA package.
About
Conexant
Conexant Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in semiconductor system
solutions for communications applications. Conexant leverages its expertise
in mixed-signal processing to deliver integrated systems and semiconductor
products through two separate businesses: Conexant and Mindspeed Technologies.
Conexant's personal networking business is focused on wireless communications,
digital infotainment and personal computing products that are used in
mobile communications and the broadband digital home. Mindspeed Technologies
is focused on Internet infrastructure products including WAN transport,
multiservice access and broadband access for applications that extend
from the edge of the Internet all the way to its optical core. Conexant
is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., and delivered revenues of
$2.1 billion for fiscal 2000. The company is a member of the S&P 500
and NASDAQ-100 indices.. To learn more, visit us at www.conexant.com
or www.mindspeed.com
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Conexant and Mindspeed are trademarks of Conexant Systems, Inc. Other brands and names contained in this release are the property of their respective owners. The BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden and used by Conexant Systems Inc. under license