Future Waves Secures Strategic Design-Win with Pure Digital

Future Waves Secures Strategic Design-Win with Pure Digital

April 27, 2007

    TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Future
Waves, a leading supplier of RF solutions for the digital
broadcasting market, has secured an important design win,
for its CMOS RF device, with PURE Digital, a division of
Imagination Technologies and market leading manufacturer of
DAB digital radios. 

    Glenn Vandevoorde, CEO of Future Waves says:
"Securing PURE Digital as a customer has always been
of strategic significance to Future Waves as it positions
us in the leading DAB digital radio product range.  Along
with our design wins in the mobile digital TV markets, this
demonstrates the quality and cost effectiveness of our RF
technology."

    "The relationship with Future Waves is part of
PURE Digital's overall strategy to broaden its component
supplier base as the market for DAB digital radio continues
to mature," says Paul Smith, GM of PURE Digital. 
"Future Waves' strength in multi-standard CMOS RF
solutions and technical performance of its solution makes
it a valuable strategic supplier to PURE.  The alignment of
Future Waves' roadmap with the product roadmap of PURE also
enables a long term relationship which will allow PURE to
maintain its leadership position in the digital radio
market." 

    Professor Chris Toumazou from Imperial College London
and Executive Chairman of Future Waves says: "I am
delighted to see a core semiconductor technology from
Imperial College London being commercialized in such a
successful way.  The design win with PURE Digital is a
significant milestone for this company." 

    Notes to Editors

    About Future Waves

    Future Waves is a fabless design house focusing on RF
and mixed-signal chips for next generation communication
and broadcast technologies. Future Waves targets digital
tuners for portable applications and provides the most
flexible RF solution in addition to industry leading
performance regarding power consumption, cost effectiveness
and ease of use.  Additional information about Future Waves
is available at http://www.f-waves.com .


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