Texas Instruments and Ashley Laurent Team to Provide Enhanced DSL RG Software Options12 October 2005
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) (TI) and
Ashley Laurent (AL), a leading provider of network enabled embedded software
solutions, today announced additional software options for manufacturers to
differentiate their DSL-based residential gateway (RG) products. Customers
have the option of leveraging AL's full Broadway ISS 2.1 software solution
which the company is porting to TI's AR7 platform or of supplementing their
existing TI software suite with additional features from AL including content
filtering, security and virus protection.
Broadway ISS 2.1 Features
Broadway ISS 2.1 software includes many new business-class features such
as multi-cast routing over virtual private network (VPN) tunnels, DiffServ
based quality of service (QoS), and advanced content protection for worms,
viruses and Spyware. Customers using the software can also leverage updates
for DSLHome. Furthermore, the software features content filtering that
improves business productivity such as real-time blocking of websites,
Spyware, worms and viruses.
"Our relationship with AL is a value-add to customer's using TI's DSL-
based RG platforms, providing them with additional best-in-class software
features such as secure telecommuter support, compatibility and performance
optimization for gaming applications and comprehensive support for the DSLHome
initiative," said Ben Sheppard, director of partnership programs for TI's
Residential Gateway and Embedded Systems group. "This latest agreement is
further evidence of TI's commitment to get customers to market fast with
innovative gateway products."
"We are pleased to have been included in TI's third party partner program
for DSL-related products. TI is a leader in this market, and their open
platform provides manufacturers with greater flexibility for software
offerings and a third party network to enable professional services.
Customers will benefit from these options through improved product
differentiation and reduced time to market in their gateway offerings," said
Jeffrey Goodwin, CEO of Ashley Laurent. "AL is proud of its existing track
record in successfully bringing similar products to market on TI's Cable modem
platforms. We are fully embracing this new initiative to port Broadway ISS
2.1 software to TI's industry-leading AR7 platform."
AR7 Platform for Residential Gateways
TI's RG designs are based on the AR7 modem-on-chip that is widely adopted
by leading manufacturers. Its designs include common hardware and software
architectures that integrate key technologies from TI's comprehensive
broadband portfolio, including wireless LAN (WLAN) and voice over IP (VoIP).
The AR7W router integrates TI's IEEE 802.11 b/g solution and the AR7VW voice
gateway provides VoIP over DSL. In addition, the AR7VWi gateway combines DSL,
802.11 b/g wireless home networking and VoIP into a single platform. These
ADSL2+ RG solutions allow manufacturers to develop cost-optimized,
differentiated gateways that are operator quality and deployment ready due to
extensive interoperability testing.
For more information on TI's gateway products, visit
http://www.ti.com/broadband . For more information on Ashley Laurent's
Broadway ISS 2.1, visit http://www.ashleylaurent.com/dslhome/ .
Texas Instruments Broadband Solutions
For OEMs developing broadband communications solutions, TI's advanced
signal processing-based silicon and software platforms deliver the optimal
performance, lower power consumption and system-level integration required to
rapidly deploy differentiated next-generation products for cable modems,
digital subscriber line (xDSL) modems, integrated access devices (IADs), VoIP
gateways, carrier infrastructure, and home and office wireless networking.
See http://www.ti.com/broadband .
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog
technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements.
In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors &
Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than
25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ti.com
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