Askey Selects Texas Instruments Voice Over IP Solutions for IP Phone and Customer Premises Gateway Products

Askey Selects Texas Instruments Voice Over IP Solutions for IP Phone and Customer Premises Gateway Products

November 21, 2006

High-Quality Voice and Robust Performance Make TI Software and Silicon Ideal for Asian Broadband Design Manufacturer

    DALLAS, Nov. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Texas
Instruments Incorporated (TI) [NYSE:TXN], today announced
that Askey Computer Corp., a leading design manufacturer of
high-quality broadband products and services, selected TI's
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions for its IP
phones and residential and enterprise gateways.  TI's
complete, integrated VoIP silicon and software solutions
incorporate its field-proven Telogy Software(TM) for VoIP
and PIQUA(TM) software for enhanced voice quality and IP
performance.  The first IP phone from Askey incorporating
TI technology, the VPD1120, and gateway products, the
VGE1020 residential gateway and VG603 enterprise gateway,
are all currently in production. 

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    "TI's high-performance VoIP technology with
embedded quality features offer us the most integrated
hardware and software solutions to deliver the best and
most flexible VoIP products to our customers," said
Wangson Wang, senior director, broadband communication
division I, R&D group, Askey.  "We are very
impressed with the company's solid roadmap for developing
and enhancing its VoIP product portfolio."

    "We have worked closely with TI for many years
now," added Nathan Chou, product line manager, sales
group, Askey.  "We know that our collaboration enables
us to better serve our customers while truly providing a
value-added service to OEMs looking to deploy the most
advanced VoIP products."

    Askey's VoIP products provide cost-effective,
toll-quality voice and fax calls over packet-switched
networks. For Askey's IP phone products, TI's TNETV1055
offers powerful processing technology and increased
expandability options that enable product designers and
manufacturers to rapidly create innovative IP phone
offerings. With TI's flexible silicon and software
architecture, Askey can also incorporate additional
functionality and features into its IP phones as the demand
for particular services and applications emerge.  

    Utilizing TI's TNETV2021 and TNETV2840 in its
enterprise gateway products enables Askey to provide a
scalable and cost-competitive solution with added quality
features, including echo-cancellation, adaptive jitter
buffering and tone detection, to deliver enhanced voice
performance. This combined TNETV2021/2840 solution is
optimal for small to medium enterprise applications and for
multi-dwelling units, such as apartment buildings and
college dormitories. TI's TNETV1060 CPE gateway solution
was designed to address the requirements of residential and
small office/home office (SOHO) gateways. Selected by Askey
for its VGE1020 gateway products, the TNETV1060 provides
all the processing power needed for current and evolving
VoIP standards, as well as the ability to implement
advanced functionality as market requirements dictate. With
TI's TNETV1060 at the core of Askey's residential gateway
devices, customers can also scale their current gateway
solutions to larger business applications requiring
additional channels of voice, as needed.

    "We understand that Askey is committed to
delivering a complete and robust suite of CPE devices to
its customers, and with TI's VoIP software and chipsets at
the heart of its products, we believe that Askey can truly
differentiate itself by offering high quality VoIP
solutions with advanced flexibility to support future
needs," said Debasish "Ron" Nag, director of
business development, Asia, Texas Instruments. "With
its dedicated VoIP team and experience working with OEMs
targeting all VoIP segments - from gateways to IP phones -
Askey's expertise and diversity correlates well with TI's
broad range and reach in the VoIP industry."  

    About Askey Computer Corporation

    Askey Computer Corporation was established in Taipei,
Taiwan in 1989. The company is engaged in the design,
marketing, manufacturing, distribution and after sales
services of broadband and wireless products for ODM/OEM
customers worldwide. With fast business growth and
continuous progress in new product development, Askey has
become the world's leading manufacturer of cable modems,
ADSL modems, wireless LAN products, analog modems and combo
cards for computers, telecommunications, networking and
other communication industries.  Additional information can
be found at:
http://www.askey.com.tw/eportal/globalweb/index.jsp .

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales
operations in more than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN.  More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    Trademarks

    Telogy Software and PIQUA are trademarks of Texas
Instruments.  All other trademarks and registered
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Deborah Shemony	
     Texas Instruments	
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     Email: [e-mail]

     Erin Arnold
     GolinHarris		
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