Conexant Systems’ soft modem technology has been integrated into new devices in Atmel Corporation's SAM9 ARM926-based family of microcontrollers (MCUs).
Atmel has incorporated Conexant's System Side Device (SSD) as per the agreement between the two companies and this allows a Conexant modem driver to run on the MCU.
The integration also provides the physical interface to Conexant's field proven, fourth generation silicon DAA.
A combination of the new Atmel SAM9 devices, such as the SAM9G15, SAM9G25, SAM9G35, SAM9X25 and SAM9X35 and Conexant's CX20548 SmartDAA and firmware provides a cost-effective solution for modem implementations in applications that require data communication.
These applications, note the companies, include Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals, industrial and building control systems, HVAC, printers and medical devices, smart grid with data concentrators, human machine interfaces (HMI) and machine-to-machine (M2M) interfaces.
"Conexant pioneered the soft modem for the PC industry, and our partnership enables us to provide higher-level system integration, worldwide compliance and certified modem solutions for all the different embedded markets that our MPUs will serve," said Jacko Wilbrink, marketing director of ARM products, Atmel.
Conexant Systems supplies innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications.
"Conexant's line of software modem solutions are proven, reliable products with cumulative shipments exceeding 600 million units to over 60 countries worldwide -- they have been built with the needs of our customers around the globe in mind," said Sailesh Chittipeddi, Ph.D., Conexant president and chief executive officer. "Our proprietary SmartDAA technology allows worldwide compliance with a single design."
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