Seoul Korea, July 21, 2003 - SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the S3C2440, the world’s fastest mobile CPU, with a core speed of 533MHz. The new mobile CPU will drive the emergence of new services, functions and multimedia content for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones.

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TOSHIBA SHIPS MEDIA CENTER NOTEBOOK PC WITH A 17.0" WIDE-SCREEN DISPLAY

The Satellite® P25-S607 is Toshiba's first 17.0" wide-screen notebook with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition, extending the company's leadership in home entertainment computing

IRVINE, Calif., July 21, 2003 — Toshiba's Computer Systems Group (CSG) today announced the Satellite® P25-S607 notebook PC combining a 17.0" diagonal wide-screen (1440 x 900) display and television recording functionality to create a central home entertainment media console. The wireless-enabled Satellite® P25-S607 will be available later this month for $2,799.

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Blackhawk Credit Union Launches Customer Contact Center, Saves Nearly $18,000 in Annual Phone Expenses


SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 24, 2003 — In the fiercely competitive banking industry, customer service rules. Customers demand instant access to their account information and fast, friendly attention — and if they don't receive it, they'll take their business elsewhere. Recognizing this critical fact, Blackhawk Credit Union chose a 3Com® Networked Telephony solution to establish a new call center at its Janesville, WI, headquarters to bolster its customer service and help reduce costs.

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AT&T Wireless Selects Nortel Networks and Ericsson to Deploy W-CDMA Networks

REDMOND, Wash.– AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE) today announced agreements with Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSX: NT) and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) to deploy what is expected to be the first commercial W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple band Access) wireless network in North America. The W-CDMA network can support high speed VPN access, audio and video applications, as well as advanced location-based and m-Commerce features.

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THREE NEW BUS SWITCH FAMILIES FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ENHANCE PERFORMANCE OF DATACOM AND NETWORKING EQUIPMENT, AND OPTIMIZE NEXT-GENERATION PORTABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS DESIGNS

DALLAS (July 22, 2003) - Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the expansion of their signal switch portfolio with the introduction of the CB3T, CB3Q, and CBT-C bus switch families. These new FET switches provide high-performance, low-power replacements for standard bus-interface devices when signal buffering (current drive) is not required. The CB3T, CB3Q, and CBT-C bus switch families optimize next-generation datacom, networking, computing, portable communications, and consumer electronic designs, by supporting both digital and analog applications, including PCI interface, USB interface, memory interleaving, bus isolation, and low-distortion signal gating. (See: http://www.ti.com/signalswitches.)

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Strix Systems Begins Shipping Access/One Network

Sheffield, UK, July 25 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-
Strix Systems, Inc. today announced that it has started shipping its Access/One Network, the first completely distributed, self-configuring wireless local area network system. Unlike traditional wireless LAN solutions which require wired Ethernet at every access point, the Access/One Network uses a wireless RF backhaul. Network Nodes or access points communicate through use of a mesh topology and 802.11a or g uplink.

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Intel And Linksys To Improve The Wireless Broadband Experience For Home And Small Office Users

SANTA CLARA and IRVINE, Calif., July 21, 2003 - Intel Corporation and Linksys®, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., today established a technology and marketing program to improve the experience of setting up and operating wireless networks in homes and small offices using Linksys wireless routers and access points and Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology.

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Avaya Introduces New Line of Gateways that Increase Security of Communications on Converged Enterprise Networks

Security Gateways Address Top Priorities of IT Executives; Optimize IP Telephony Applications for Distributed Enterprises

Monday, July 21, 2003

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. , US - Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, today announced five new security gateways that significantly increase the security and simplify the deployment of Internet protocol (IP) telephony applications on converged communications networks. The Avaya Security Gateways, now available, have been designed to optimize the benefits of secure IP communications for branch offices, telecommuters, contact centers and other segments of the distributed enterprise.

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LG Electronics Deploys Agere Systems' ATM Traffic Management Chips in its Wireless and Router Equipment

MONDAY JULY 21, 2003

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR.A, AGR.B) today announced that LG Electronics—one of Korea's two largest communications equipment manufacturers--has deployed Agere's asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic management switching chips in its wireless base station and multiservice router equipment.

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Voltage-Feedback Devices Extend "Speed with Precision" Amplifier Family

TUCSON, Ariz. (July 18, 2003) - Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) today announced a family of high-speed operational amplifiers from the company´s Burr-Brown product line, featuring wide bandwidth, low distortion and low noise. The devices are ideal for driving 12- to 16-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and digital-to-analog converters (DAC), as well as general-purpose op amp applications including video line drivers, wideband integrators, active filtering and low-noise receivers. (See http://amplifier.ti.com/sc03147.)

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