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PMC-Sierra's Multi-Service Processor Family Selected for ZyXEL VoIP Customer Premises Equipment

Posted on: Monday, 17 April 2006, 06:00 CDT

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) today announced that ZyXEL Communications Corp. has selected the MSP4120 and MSP4200 Multi-Service Processor(R) (MSP) devices for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) solutions.

ZyXEL's VoIP solutions provide the full range of features that Service Providers require to offer more value-added and cost-effective IP telephony services. ZyXEL's VoIP family includes Analog Telephone Adapters (ATA), VoIP Routers and Wi-Fi VoIP Ethernet Gateways. PMC-Sierra's MSP4120 and MSP4200 are at the heart of these ZyXEL solutions, providing both voice and routing functions.

The MSP4120 and MSP4200 VoIP router-on-a-chip products have a highly integrated architecture that combines a DSP for processing up to four voice channels together with a MIPS32 4Kec core for high performance routing and control functions. The MSP4200 offers the additional benefit of a PCI interface to enable the inclusion of 802.11 Wi-Fi subsystems to create Wi-Fi access points.

"The MSP4200 family's high performance, optimized architecture enables our VoIP product family to be extremely cost effective, while providing enhanced performance and features," said Albert Ju, Assistant Vice President of Telco/ISP CPE Business at ZyXEL. "PMC-Sierra has been a strong partner throughout our development process and our continued joint development will ensure that the product family continues to grow our strong position in the fast-moving VoIP CPE market."

"We are delighted to have the opportunity to be the lead partner with ZyXEL on their flagship VoIP product portfolio," said Dino Bekis, vice president of marketing and applications for PMC-Sierra's Communications Products Division. "PMC-Sierra's close collaboration with Carriers and our customers in the definition of new service-aware solutions has enabled ZyXEL's platforms to meet the demanding requirements for next-generation digital home services."

The MSP4120 and MSP4200 are the most integrated, high performance products in the Multi-Service Processor family of VoIP products. The family includes the MSP2015 voice-on-MIPS processor for single-channel ATAs and IP Phones as well as the MSP2020, which integrates a hardware security accelerator for enhanced Secure IP Phone and ATA applications. All devices in the MSP family support PMC-Sierra's Voice Processing Module firmware that provides the necessary VoIP functions for high quality VoIP services, including vocoders (G.711, G.726, G.729 and G.723), DTMF detection/generation/relay functions, G.168 Line Echo Cancellation and T.38 Fax Relay.

About PMC-Sierra's MSP Family

PMC-Sierra's Multi-Service Processors (MSPs) are designed to meet the performance, QoS, and security needs of VoIP-enabled communications equipment used within the customer premises. This family adds PSTN-quality VoIP capabilities to Residential and SOHO broadband gateways, Analog Telephone Adapters (ATAs) and small enterprise-class IP-based PBXs. These devices offer field-proven voice firmware, superior packet-loss tolerance and latency, high-speed data performance, integrated security features (DES, 3DES, SHA-1 and MD5), standard interfaces (Ethernet, SLIC and SLAC), and common platform solutions from one to eight channels. PMC-Sierra's VoIP solutions enable voice, video and data convergence in current and emerging home and enterprise broadband applications. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/voip.

About PMC-Sierra

PMC-Sierra(TM) is a leading provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors for enterprise, access, metro, storage, wireless infrastructure, laser printers and customer premises equipment. The company offers worldwide technical and sales support, including a network of offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol and is included in the S&P 500 Index. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.

About ZyXEL Communications

ZyXEL Communications Corp. (TSE:2391), headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is the world's largest DSL router provider (Gartner Group, August 2005). ZyXEL's broad line of Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions includes access multiplexors, customer premise equipment, Internet security and Wireless LAN equipment, enabling high-performance network services for SOHO, small to mid-sized businesses and service providers. ZyXEL works closely with worldwide network equipment vendors, telecommunications companies, ISPs, and other major businesses. For more information, visit the company's Website at http://www.zyxel.com.

Resources to Extend Your Product Knowledge and Understanding

PMC-Sierra VoIP Products www.pmc-sierra.com/voip

PMC-Sierra New Products www.pmc-sierra.com/products/newProducts.html

PMC-Sierra Webinars www.pmc-sierra.com/webinars

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Source: Business Wire

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