PCTEL Pairs G.lite Soft Modem With AMD Athlon Processor First Product Demonstration at WinHEC Conference - Product Announcement

Cambridge Telcom Report, May 1, 2000

PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCTI), a leading provider of personal connectivity and Internet access technology, Tuesday unveils its LiteSpeed G.lite modem solution running on a platform powered by an AMD Athlon processor at the New Orleans Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) April 25-27.

LiteSpeed is a single-chip V.90/G.lite (analog/digital) combination modem based on PCTEL's patented Host Signal Processing (HSP) technology. By leveraging the processing power of the host CPU, the LiteSpeed modem gives manufacturers all of the flexibility of a software-based product at an economical cost, eliminating the need for a more expensive DSP-based solution. The PCTEL LiteSpeed chip is capable of connecting computers to the Internet at up to 1.5 megabits per second, more than 25 times faster than today's analog modems, and provides full feature support for DSL connectivity.

"Our LiteSpeed products are the industry's first ADSL/V.90 combo software-based modem solutions to meet the G.lite international standards," said Peter Chen, PCTEL's chief executive officer. "They support the latest ADSL protocols, ensuring interoperability while providing manufacturers with the most compact, power saving and cost-effective solutions for internal combination V.90/G.lite modems. We're delighted to have the opportunity to show LiteSpeed's capabilities in conjunction with an AMD processor-powered PC."

"Combining any of AMD's newest generation of processors with PCTEL's LiteSpeed modem will provide consumers with fast, easy Internet connections," said Mike Johnson, vice president of AMD's Advanced Architecture Lab. "As DSL becomes more widely available, owners of PCs featuring AMD processors and LiteSpeed modems will be able to upgrade to next generation communications technologies while still delivering plenty of processing power."

Both companies are also continuing their work on defining the Advanced Communications Riser (ACR) platform. The ACR supports specifications for communication cards that combine modem, audio, Local Area Network (LAN) and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technologies for products such as V.90 modems, Home PNA, Ethernet LANs and broadband DSL modems. The adoption of ACR specifications enables open standards design for riser-based broadband communications, networking, peripheral and audio subsystems. Design guidelines are also outlined for wireless and DSL bus operation systems.

"PCTEL and AMD continue to work with the ACR SIG to continue defining the new ACR riser platform specifications," Chen said. "Since we are committed to the continued development of a highly-integrated broadband communications solution for the personal computing market, we believe that supporting the adoption of the ACR specification will speed the movement toward our goal."

"By working to organize the industry behind a single, open standard, the ACR SIG is delivering a low-cost, high-performance communications architecture that can meet future PC communications requirements," said AMD's Johnson. "AMD is excited to help drive the development and widespread deployment of this next generation specification."

WinHEC is an annual conference sponsored by Microsoft and other manufacturers to give designers, engineers, developers and architects advance previews of Windows technology developments. Attendees can see demonstrations of PCTEL's LiteSpeed modem running on an AMD Athlon processor in PCTEL's booth #222 and #224.

PCTEL is a leading developer and supplier of cost-effective software-based connectivity solutions that enable high speed Internet access and other communications applications through emerging broadband and existing analog networks. PCTEL products are available worldwide through PC and data communications equipment manufacturers, as well as a variety of vertical market OEMs. PCTEL is located at 1331 California Circle, Milpitas, California, 95035. Telephone: 408-965-2100. Fax: 408-895-0178. For more information on PCTEL products, visit the PCTEL website at http://www.pctel.com.