Innovasic Semiconductor® to Provide a Replacement IC for the Intel® 82527 CAN Controller

Business Wire, Feb 1, 2007

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Innovasic Semiconductor, a leader in replacement integrated circuit (IC) and microcontroller solutions, today announced that it will offer a replacement for Intel's AN/AS82527 Serial Communications Controllers (Control Area Network Protocol).

Innovasic's versions of the chips are identified as IA82527QFP44 and IA82527PLCC. The replacements will be fully form, fit and function compatible with the AN82527 and AS82527.

The 82527 serial communications controller is a highly integrated device that performs serial communication according to the CAN protocol. It performs all serial communication functions such as transmission and reception of messages, message filtering, transmit search, and interrupt search with minimal interaction from the host microcontroller, or CPU.

The IA82527QFP44 and IA82527PLCC will be offered in standard and RoHS compliant packaging.

About Innovasic Semiconductor

Innovasic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company focused on serving the industrial market. The company has established a world-class reputation for solving obsolescence problems by developing microcontrollers and peripheral ICs that are one hundred percent compatible with an original manufacturer's part in response to an End of Life notice. Having shipped over a million production ICs to the industrial market, Innovasic has become a trusted partner and an approved vendor to many of the leading industrial equipment manufacturers worldwide.

By developing close partnerships with its customers, the company has not only secured numerous wins for its growing line of replacement microcontrollers, but it has now launched its own family of industrial microcontrollers - specifically designed to solve problems typically overlooked by other semiconductor manufacturers. The new fido[TM] brand of microcontrollers have a novel architecture protected by multiple patent applications, while at the same time being compatible with one of the most widely used instruction sets.

For more information on Innovasic Semiconductor, please visit http://www.innovasic.com

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