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RF System Adopts Silicon Laboratories' Small Form Factor Microcontroller for Advanced Medical Applications

Posted on: Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 18:00 CDT

Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:SLAB) today announced that RF System has adopted Silicon Laboratories' small form factor C8051F300 microcontroller (MCU) for its new Norika3 endoscopic capsule. RF System selected Silicon Laboratories' C8051F300 because of its small form factor and high performance allowing the company to design a micro capsule camera that, once swallowed, can capture images of the intestinal tract via microwave.

Silicon Laboratories' C8051F300 MCU combines a high-speed 25 MIPS 8051 CPU, Flash memory and high-performance analog into a remarkably small 3 x 3 mm micro lead-frame package. Silicon Laboratories' highly-integrated, mixed-signal MCUs eliminate external components, such as crystal oscillators and comparators, making them ideal for space-constrained, low-power, high-performance medical applications such as the Norika3, which is implemented in a capsule measuring 9 mm in diameter and 23 mm in length.

"Silicon Laboratories' full-featured MCU allowed us to achieve the small size and high integration necessary for the Norika3," said Kazuhito Tomii, senior engineer, Engineering Research Division of RF System. "By implementing the flexible, easy-to-use C8051F300, we were also able to bring our product to market faster with the highest performance MCU."

Development with the C8051F300 is quick and easy due to low-cost professional development tools and in-system debug. High integration, small size, high CPU throughput and best-in-class analog peripherals make the small form factor family ideal for a wide range of applications.

"The C8051F300 offers unprecedented levels of integration, performance and flexibility," said Derrell Coker, vice president of Silicon Laboratories. "Like all of our MCU products, our C8051F300 allows our customers to meet market demands by offering a fully-integrated solution with best-in-class analog peripherals and easy-to-use, low-cost professional development tools."

Silicon Laboratories' small form factor family of mixed-signal MCUs includes on-chip 2-wire (C2) debug circuitry that provides non-intrusive, full-speed, in-circuit debugging of the production part before and after installation without the requirement for an emulator. The pipelined 8051 instruction set also provides two to ten times the throughput when compared with competing solutions.

RF System

RF System Lab is a comprehensive manufacturer covering all stages of production. The company focuses heavily on research and development. RF System contains four major divisions: development, technology and research, sales and marketing and management. The business concept of "creative thinking" is consistent throughout the company.

Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Silicon Laboratories Inc. is a leading designer of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for a broad range of applications. Silicon Laboratories' diverse portfolio of highly integrated, patented solutions is developed by a world-class engineering team with decades of cumulative expertise in cutting-edge mixed-signal design. The company has design, engineering, marketing, sales and applications offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Silicon Laboratories please visit www.silabs.com.

Cautionary Language

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on Silicon Laboratories' current expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Silicon Laboratories believes that it is important to communicate the company's future expectations to investors. However, there may be events in the future that Silicon Laboratories is not able to accurately predict or control. For a discussion of these and other factors that could impact Silicon Laboratories' financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Silicon Laboratories' recent filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-KA filed April 25, 2005 and the 10-Q filed July 22, 2005.

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Source: Business Wire

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