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HOUSTON (Sept. 8, 1998) -- Two new digital signal processor (DSP) chips announced today by Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE:TXN) will speed up development of products for wireless videoconferencing, wireless e-mail and super-fast Internet access. One of the new chips is the world's highest-performance DSP; the other will greatly expand TI's market for DSPs used in affordable consumer electronics such as high-speed ADSL modems for the home. Information about the new DSPs can be found at http://www.ti.com/sc/c62x.

TI's new TMS320C6202, the world's fastest DSP at 2,000 million instructions per second (MIPS), accelerates the development of highly efficient multi-channel communications systems, including the base stations that will underlie the next generation of wireless networks. Such networks will permit fast Web-surfing, e-mail and videoconferencing over cellular phones and wireless personal data assistants (PDAs). The 'C6202 also will enable systems to provide voice communication over the Internet via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). This allows people to save money on telephone expenses by talking over Internet lines and bypassing regular long-distance phone service. Additionally, it will accelerate development of faster remote access servers, which will let a higher volume of mobile workers connect quickly to the Internet and to corporate networks.

Also new is TI's TMS320C6211, a DSP enabling companies to more affordably build technology products for new and emerging markets. These include consumer-based modems for asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) communications. ADSL modems will boost Internet connection speeds up to 100 times faster than today's modems, and will allow people to send and receive telephone calls and faxes at the same time they are online, all using one regular home telephone line.

Other products enhanced by the 'C6211 include wireless PDAs, retinal scanners, medical diagnostic devices and advanced vehicle and drivetrain control systems for automobiles. The 'C6211 crunches data at 1,200 MIPS -- comparable to the speed of a scientific workstation computer -- yet costs 80 percent less per MIPS than competing solutions, according to industry analyst firm Forward Concepts.

The 'C6202 and 'C6211 are extensions of TI's flagship 'C6000 DSP platform. The new 'C6000 devices lengthen TI's lead over its competitors in DSP performance and affordability.

DSPs are powerful, specialized semiconductors that are ideal for very fast, math-intensive computing. They are used in a variety of electronic devices such as cellular phones, modems and hard disk drives and are the key technology behind the digitization of electronic end-equipment. TI has established itself as the premier provider of DSP solutions, with 45 percent of the worldwide DSP market in 1997 according to Forward Concepts.