ANALOG DEVICES AND GLOBAL IP SOLUTIONS DEBUT SUPPORT OF BLACKFIN PROCESSORS WITH GIPS VOICEENGINE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE

- Market leaders to highlight improved voice quality and reduced time-to-market for VoIP developers at 2007 Spring VON Conference March 19 – 22.

NORWOOD, MA  March 19, 2007  Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced that Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has ported and optimized its VoiceEngine Embedded software application for the ADI Blackfin® family of processors. GIPS’ VoiceEngine Embedded is designed for use in CPU-based VoIP equipment such as hardware residential gateways and IP phones, and has been used by a number of key players in the VoIP market including Nortel, Skype, WebEx, Yahoo! and AOL. ADI’s Blackfin is a 16/32-bit embedded processor that blends microcontroller (MCU) and digital signal processing (DSP) capabilities in one integrated chip.

The two companies will be demonstrating a VoIP gateway running the GIPS VoiceEngine Embedded on UC Linux powered by an ADI Blackfin BF537 in the GIPS booth (#540) at the Spring VON Conference in San Jose, March 19 – 22.
“As the VoIP market accelerates, developers and manufacturers are realizing that two of the most important factors determining whether or not they will be successful are voice quality and time to market,” said Jerry McGuire, Vice President, General Purpose DSP Group, Analog Devices, Inc. “By working with a market leader like Global IP solutions, we can offer our customers a high-performance, high-quality VoIP voice solution that is ported, optimized, and ready to go.”

"The performance, power, and functionality profile of Blackfin is a superb fit for GIPS’ high-quality embedded VoIP solutions," said Gary Hermansen CEO and President of Global IP Solutions. “GIPS media processing capabilities meet the highest requirements of VoIP equipment manufacturers and we are excited to be working closely with Analog Devices.”

GIPS’ VoiceEngine Embedded software application for the ADI Blackfin family of processors is now available for VoIP equipment developers; please visit www.gipscorp.com for more information.

A Convergent Future Demands Blackfin-Class Processing
Analog Devices’ Blackfin embodies a new breed of 16/32-bit embedded processor with the industry’s highest performance and power efficiency for applications where a convergence of capabilities  multi-format audio, video, voice and image processing; multi-mode baseband and packet processing; and real-time security and control processing  are critical. It is this powerful combination of software flexibility and scalability that has gained Blackfin widespread adoption in convergent applications such as digital home entertainment, networked and streaming media, automotive telematics and infotainment, and digital radio and mobile TV.

Because developers today seek to reduce time to market by choosing a robust ecosystem that brings them nearer to the capabilities of their end-products, Analog Devices provides an industry-leading tools, starter kits and support including the familiar ADI CROSSCORE® software and hardware tools that support other Blackfin Processors. These include the award-winning VisualDSP++® integrated development and debug environment (IDDE), emulators, and EZ-KIT Lite® evaluation hardware.