Analog Devices' Wireless Technology Featured in GSM Association Award-Winning Product23 February 2005
Analog Devices, Inc. , a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced that its data converter technology is featured in a product that has won a prestigious GSM Association Award. Vanu, Inc. was recognized for product excellence and technology innovation in the "Best Network Infrastructure" category at an awards ceremony held this week at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The award-winning product features analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) high-speed converters from Analog Devices.
"Analog Devices and Vanu have been working together for several years and we congratulate them on this prestigious award," said John Hussey, vice president, High Speed Converters, Analog Devices, Inc. "Vanu's Anywave(TM) Base Station represents a significant breakthrough in wireless infrastructure design, and we are honored that Vanu has selected ADI's data converters."
"Analog Devices' ADCs and DACs are the best choice for wideband software radio systems. They offer the best balance of essential performance dimensions, such as signal to noise ratio (SNR), spurious free dynamic range (SFDR), and sampling rate," said Vanu Bose, CEO of Vanu, Inc.
After several rounds of judging, lasting more than three months, Vanu's Anywave Base Station was selected from a field of hundreds by an international panel of telecommunications industry specialists to win a GSM Association Award in the "Best Network Infrastructure" category. Vanu's base station is the first commercially available software-based radio solution that uses a general-purpose hardware platform to enable the cost-effective construction of base stations that can support multiple standards simultaneously. The performance dimensions achieved by Analog Devices' high-speed ADCs and DACs enable lower system costs and increased call capacity and range in base stations built on Vanu's platform.
Today, virtually every cellular phone call made anywhere in the world passes through a chip from Analog Devices, Inc. The company's analog and mixed-signal technology is designed into base stations deployed throughout the world and its SoftFone(R) chipsets have rapidly gained share in 2G and 2.5G handsets. For emerging 3G networks, ADI's semiconductor technology that enables upgradeable base stations and flexible handset designs will be key to OEM and operator profits. With evolving standards and shifting consumer needs, there is strong demand for flexibility and upgradeability in cellular equipment.
Now in its tenth year, the GSM Association Awards honor people, organizations and companies that deliver new ideas, methods or new mobile technologies that generally improve the quality of customers' lives or enhance productivity. The awards are open to operators, manufacturers, suppliers, application developers and content providers from around the world that support any of the GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3GSM (W-CDMA and TD-SCDMA) family of network technologies.
About Analog Devices, Inc.
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest-standing, highest-growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. www.analog.com.
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