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ADI Engineering Teams With Instant802 Networks On New Production-Ready Wi-Fi Application Platform

Posted on: Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 06:00 CDT

"Pronghorn" targets OEMs who embrace an Intel(R) IXP425-based platform for feature-rich 802.11 wireless applications

ADI Engineering, Inc., a leading provider of reference platforms, platform derivatives, and complete custom product solutions for OEM's based on Intel(R) network processors announced their new "Pronghorn" Wi-Fi application platform today at the Intel(R) Communications Alliance Summit in San Francisco. ADI teamed with Instant802, a leading provider of 802.11 embedded software solutions to produce a truly production ready Wi-Fi OEM application platform.

"OEMs who need to bring 802.11 solutions to market quickly are embracing Pronghorn," reports Steve Yates, President and CTO of ADI Engineering. "By optimizing the Pronghorn product design around Wi-Fi applications for the Intel(R) IXP425 network processor, ADI makes it a low-risk exercise for OEMs to take custom 802.11 solutions into production."

"The Pronghorn platform allows OEMs to quickly bring to market powerfully differentiated Wi-Fi products leveraging the advanced software features of the Instant802 Wireless Solutions Platform, such as Orchestrator(TM) automatic clustering," said Greg Nuyens, SVP of Sales and Marketing at Instant802.

The Pronghorn platform includes an Intel(R) IXP425 network processor, 802.11a/b/g capability via Mini PCI card, configurable flash and SDRAM, chassis, power supply, and certifications. The Self-Managed Access Point solution from Instant802 is the engine that drives the development platform, and is available as a configurable, flexible product in production for this platform.

List price for development platform in single piece quantities is $999. In annual volumes of 2,000 per annum, the baseline Pronghorn sells for $219. Custom variants are supported as required by customers. Development kits are immediately available for purchase and delivery.

About ADI Engineering Inc.

ADI Engineering Inc. is a leading provider of reference platforms, platform derivatives, and complete custom product solutions based on Intel(R) network processors and Intel XScale(R) technology. Founded in 1990, ADI Engineering maintains full design, prototyping, and production manufacturing services that ensure OEMs get their Intel-based products to market quickly and with low risk. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, ADI Engineering is a privately held company and is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance (http://intel.com/go/ica). For more information about ADI Engineering, please visit http://www.adiengineering.com or call (434) 978-2888.

About Instant802

Instant802 is a privately held provider of enabling software and services for manufacturers of wireless LAN equipment. Customers using Instant802 solutions are able to reduce their development risk, accelerate their time-to-market and increase margins on their products. Instant802 focuses on all critical aspects of Wi-Fi deployment -- security, performance, troubleshooting and planning -- and delivers a broad range of offerings including customizable turnkey software solutions with silicon independence, hardware reference designs, and integration services. Instant802's software is ideal for residential gateways, access points, wireless switches, wireless backbone devices, wireless telephony systems, wireless audio/video and consumer electronics devices, industrial devices and management applications. Founded in 2001, Instant802 is headquartered in Brisbane, CA and is venture-funded by Applied Materials Ventures, August Capital, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.

Intel, IXP and XScale are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Instant802 and Orchestrator are trademarks of Instant802 Networks.

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