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ANADIGICS Ships Over 750,000 Integrated Circuits To Major Cable Modem Customers

June 24, 1998

ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANAD) today announced that it has shipped more than 750,000 gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits (ICs) for use in cable modems. ANADIGICS is a leading resource for the design and manufacture of high frequency GaAs ICs for CATV applications.

These components are being used by major players in the cable modem market, including Bay Networks, Com21 and Motorola. The ACU50750, ACU50751 and ACD0900 offer these ANADIGICS customers an ideal product solution for applications in which small component size, low cost, and high performance are important.

As announced on April 8, 1998, ANADIGICS introduced an enabling technology for the low cost manufacture of next generation digital set tops, digital TV and cable modems with its new single supply 860 MHz GaAs Upconverter MMIC, the ACU50751. This new MMIC is compatible with all digital and analog modulation types, and is compliant with the new Multimedia Cable Network System (MCNS) interoperability standard.

The ACU50750 is a 50-860 MHz CATV/TV upconverter MMIC. It is designed for use in double conversion CATV set top box converters, cable modems and TV receiver tuners. As a high-performance downconverter, the ACD0900 is used in the 2nd conversion stage in double-conversion tuners and cable modems.

"The growth of these new markets provides additional opportunities for ANADIGICS' portfolio of digital broadband tuner products.," said Ronald Rosenzweig, President and Chief Executive Officer of ANADIGICS. "We are pleased to have teamed with Bay Networks, Com21 and Motorola in the development of products for the growing cable modem market. We are currently developing additional products to address reverse path CATV applications, as well as other CATV ICs."


"Bay Networks chose ANADIGICS' components for their quality and performance," said Chris Grobicki, director of product development for Bay Networks' Broadband division. "Our partnership with ANADIGICS will help ensure that Bay Networks continues to provide innovative Broadband access solutions."

"ANADIGICS' components are ideal for situations where small size, low cost and high performance are integral to the manufacture of our products", said Paul Pfuhl, Director of Product Engineering for Motorola Cable Data Products. "We expect the ANADIGICS' solutions to help us meet the demand for large-scale roll-outs of new CATV applications."

"Com21 selected ANADIGICS' components as a low cost and space efficient solution to improve our products' performance and reliability. Our partnership with ANADIGICS is instrumental in supporting launches of our CATV applications and the further development of innovative products," Buck Gee, Vice President of Marketing for Com21.

About ANADIGICS
ANADIGICS, Inc. is a leading supplier of gallium arsenide integrated circuits (GaAs ICs) used to receive and transmit radio and microwave frequency signals in a variety of high-volume consumer communications applications. The Company focuses primarily on supplying integrated circuit solutions to the wireless communication, cable television, fiber optic telecommunications, and direct broadcast satellite television markets. ANADIGICS' objective is to be the leading supplier of RF/microwave solutions. To date, ANADIGICS, Inc. has delivered over 100 million GaAs ICs and was the first GaAs IC manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 Certification.

About Bay Networks Broadband Services
With more than 190,000 cable modems deployed around the world and over 3 million homes passed, Bay Networks is establishing a trend that allows a growing number of companies and individuals to access the internet more quickly, easily and securely than many other solutions. As MSO's begin to provide their customers with new services such as Internet access, video-conferencing and telecommuting applications, Bay Networks' commitment to advancing this industry is evident, having emerged as the market leader in providing access solutions to this technology Com21 Inc. designs, develops, markets and sells value-added, high-speed communications solutions for the broadband access market. The Company's ComUNITY Access system enables cable operators to provide high-speed, cost-effective Internet access to corporate telecommuter, small office/home office ("SOHO") and residential users in the U.S. and internationally, and enables them to address the distinct price, performance, security and other needs of these different end-user groups. Com21's products include headend equipment, subscriber cable modems, network management software and noise containment technologies.

Motorola's Information Systems Group, a unit of the Messaging, Information & Media Sector, develops, manufactures and markets systems for the convergence of voice, data and video communications services over advanced broadband multimedia platforms. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radios, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers, Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8 billion.

 

Components offer customers an ideal product solution for cable modem applications