IDT and Jungo Provide Development Platform for Wireless LAN and SOHO Routers

Partnership Delivers New Linux®-Based Platform, Accelerating Time to Market at an Optimum Price/Performance Point

Santa Clara, Calif., June 3, 2002

IDT (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Nasdaq: IDTI), a leading communications IC company, and Jungo Software Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of residential gateway software and technologies, today extended their commitment to provide comprehensive solutions for communications applications through the availability of a jointly developed platform optimized for wireless LAN, and SOHO and residential gateways. The platform includes Jungo’s OpenRG Linux®-based software solution and IDT’s RC32334 integrated communications processor, and offers designers improved time to market at a compelling system price/performance point. Jungo’s OpenRG product features a complete set of software drivers, protocols and system management software, and supports IDT’s RC32334 processor-powered 79S334J evaluation board.

This most recent joint effort builds on the previous engineering program that resulted in the optimization of Jungo’s OpenRG product for the 79RP351 and 79RP355 asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL)-based reference designs, announced earlier this year. The IDT/Jungo partnership provides customers well-established, feature-rich solutions with a range of common software packages across IDT’s family of integrated communications processors to enable faster development of a diverse set of customer premises equipment (CPE).

Jungo’s OpenRG software, operating on an embedded Linux kernel, improves overall time to market by offering a comprehensive software package featuring Internet sharing, system management, remote upgrade, network security, and plug-and-play home networking technology. In addition, the adoption of Linux as the base of the software platform permits customers to leverage software modules that are broadly available in the public domain. The upcoming version of OpenRG will also support CableHome 1.0, the specifications introduced by CableLabs, that enable cable operators to provide consumers with a secure, high-quality home networking system.

“System suppliers in emerging communications segments such as wireless access points and gateway equipment are increasingly being required to release a range of systems in a short amount of time that support the diverse set of wired and wireless interfaces vying for dominance in this area,” said Jean-Charles Bouzigues, business development manager for IDT’s Internetworking Products Division. “Our continued partnership with Jungo provides IDT’s customers multiple, flexible solutions with a common look and feel, enabling them to address this time to market challenge.”

The RC32334 integrated communications processor incorporates a 150-MHz 32-bit MIPS® instruction set architecture (ISA) CPU core, an SDRAM memory controller and a PCI bridge to facilitate the development of flexible, cost-sensitive PCI-enabled platforms. The incorporation of a PCI bus in the system allows users to leverage the PC infrastructure supporting this standard, including networking and storage peripherals.

“The use of PCI as the connectivity medium for the next generation of WLAN radio chipsets is driving our customers to identify cost-effective controllers that embed this interface on-chip,” said Udi Yuhjtman, Jungo Software Technology’s vice president of operations and business development. “IDT has a proven track record delivering aggressively priced integrated processors, and this, combined with the performance capabilities of the CPU itself, provides a powerful, scalable platform capable of supporting both existing and future system functionality for wireless access points and gateway equipment.”

Jungo’s OpenRG software is also optimized for IDT’s RC32332 integrated communications processor, appropriate for wireless access points that address lower system functionality and performance points.

IDT’s Integrated Communications Processors

IDT’s portfolio of integrated communications processors includes the RC32355 and RC32351 processors, as well as the RC32334 and RC32332 devices, and provides designers of communications systems a range of choices as the base for cost-conscious embedded applications. Additional information about this product portfolio can be found at http://www.idt.com/products/pages/Integrated_Processors.html.

Jungo’s OpenRG Software

Jungo’s OpenRG software is a specialized Linux-based operating system that enables OEMs to bring broadband CPE, such as residential gateways, SOHO gateways and IADs to market quickly. The software infrastructure features highly integrated applications and services such as network security via a stateful inspection firewall, Internet Sharing, VPN support, and ‘plug and play’ home networking that includes HomePNA, wireless LAN 802.11b and Bluetooth. The OpenRG software also contains remote upgrading capabilities and ATM (PPPoA, PPPoE, bridged/routed Ethernet over ATM) and TCP/IP protocol stacks.

Pricing and Availability

The 79S334J development platform will be available July 1 and is priced individually at $2,750. Additional information about the platform is located at http://www.idt.com/products/pages/Integrated_Processors-79RC32334.html.

 About IDT

IDT enhances the global network with semiconductor solutions for communications companies that lead innovation and drive convergence in voice, data and wireless networks. IDT is focused on enhancing system bandwidth with communications-specific products including integrated processors, IP co-processors and telecom products. The portfolio is also comprised of key foundational products optimized for communications applications, including the industry’s broadest selection of FIFOs, multi-ports, and clock management products. In addition, the product mix includes high-performance digital logic and high-speed SRAMs to meet the requirements of communications systems.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company employs approximately 3,800 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in California, Oregon, the Philippines and Malaysia. IDT stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol “IDTI.” Additional information about IDT is easily accessible at www.idt.com or on CD-ROM by calling 800/345-7015. The investor hotline is 408/654-6420.

About Jungo

Jungo is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world’s residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo’s unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.

Jungo’s connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. To learn more, visit www.jungo.com.

 

By barak in Uncategorized on June 3, 2002