TI Announces Five New DSL Solutions Based on Next-Generation UR8 Residential Gateway Architecture

TI Announces Five New DSL Solutions Based on Next-Generation UR8 Residential Gateway Architecture

October 13, 2006

Flexible RG Platform Enables Connectivity Over All ADSL and VDSL2 Standards and Distribution Over Multiple Home Networking Technologies

    PARIS, Oct. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments
Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today announced the
availability of five new xDSL solutions from its
next-generation UR8 residential gateway (RG) family. Based
on an advanced multimedia gateway processor, these
platforms give manufacturers the flexibility to design RGs
with multiple home networking options and variations of
feature functionality, including enhanced voice
capabilities and advanced video services, over all ADSL and
VDSL2 standards. 

    "Manufacturers require a powerful platform to
enable next-generation services, as well as the flexibility
to differentiate their products with new, advanced
features," said Michael Wolf, Practice Director for
Digital Home at ABI Research. "TI is focused on
delivering a highly flexible architecture that can be
adapted quickly and cost-effectively to deliver multiple
offerings."

    The UR8 architecture comprises an advanced multimedia
gateway processor, a programmable DSL PHY, a
high-performance DSP-based voice sub-system and a rich set
of local area network (LAN) interfaces. Multiple processors
enable the intelligent management of broadband distribution
for enhanced throughput and performance. A well-defined
application program interface (API) reduces time to market
by allowing hardware and software reuse across all DSL
platforms. 

    The UR8 architecture leverages a dedicated DSP to
enable exceptional voice capabilities and delivers on TI's
vision of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) throughout the
home with support for up to four channels of wireline or
wireless voice. Its high-performance programmable voice
subsystem allows manufacturers to leverage TI's extensive
voice codec library and Telogy SoftwareTM for VoIP,
including wideband codecs, wireline and wireless codecs,
and advanced features such as fax and modem relay,
packet-loss minimization and noise-reducing algorithms. 

    The UR8 architecture also has a rich set of interfaces
to support distribution of broadband services throughout
the home over multiple home networking technologies,
including Ethernet, WiFi and standards offered by the
HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Multimedia over Coax Alliance
(MoCA (R)) and Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
(HomePNATM). In addition, the UR8 platforms leverage the
extensive interoperability footprint of TI's field-proven
AR7 product family to enable manufacturers to take
advantage of existing product investments to develop
high-performance, interoperable next-generation RG
solutions. 

    "Service providers have counted on TI's DSL
interoperability through seven generations of products, and
our customers look to us for CPE products that maintain
interoperability with all of the leading Digital Subscriber
Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) deployments around the
world," said Kurt Eckles, director or marketing and
customer support for TI's Residential Gateway and Embedded
Systems business unit. "We will continue to help our
customers leverage the investments they have made in
previous product offerings to enable their next-generation
gateway products with improved performance, enhanced voice
capabilities and advanced video services over all ADSL and
VDSL2 standards."

    The five new xDSL solutions based on TI's
next-generation UR8 RG family are sampling today. 

    About Texas Instruments

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

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