*** Agere Systems Announces Chip Set and Software Architecture for Smartphones and Multimedia
Wireless Handsets
(February 16)

Agere Systems announced a mobile handset architecture that supports applications such as real-time
audio and video streaming, digital photo imaging and interactive gaming.

Agere's new Vision mobile handset architecture combines a digital baseband chip set, software and
state-of-the-art tools to provide a framework for multimedia mobile devices using the same platform.
The Vision architecture supports network technologies, including 2.5G/GPRS, EDGE, 3G/WCDMA and
beyond.

This architecture provides a protected protocol stack running from the same external memory as
applications.

The architecture's digital baseband chip set has three separate processing domains: a communications
processor, an applications processor and a signal processor and provides video streaming at rates of
up to 30 frames per second Video Graphics Array.

Agere provides One-Time Programmable memory, which assigns an individual serial number within the
chipset identifying a GSM-based phone and protecting against fraudulent cloning of the handset.

The software provided as part of the Vision architecture includes Agere's protocol stack. It
includes the requirements for Field Type Approval, Global Certification Forum testing and PCS Type
Certification Review Board, as well as field and interoperability testing.

It supports many open operating systems, including SymbianOS, Windows Mobile, PalmOS and Linux.
Agere's software platform is supports both multiple and single processor solutions.

The architecture integrates enhancements including cameras, high-resolution displays, USB2.0 as well
as supports short-range wireless technologies as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Agere supplies its OptiSuite design tools, which is a set of development, production and testing
tools.

Agere expects to deliver silicon and software samples based on the Vision architecture to select
customers in the third calendar quarter of 2004.

www.agere.com




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