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XILINX LAUNCHES WIRELESS BASE STATION INITIATIVE
WITH DELIVERY OF OBSAI-COMPLIANT REFERENCE DESIGN

OBSAI Revised RF Module Interface Specifications v.2.0 now available

The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative, (OBSAI) today

Cypress Readies for 3G Evolution by Joining Open Base Station Architecture Initiative

Supporting Membership Focused on Open Internal Modular Structure of Wireless Base Stations

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 2004 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that it has become a supporting member of the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI), an organization formed to create open specifications for base-station architectures. Cypress’s decision to join OBSAI demonstrates the company’s commitment to designing products that support next generation mobile communications systems.

Orland Park, Illinois, June 30, 2004 Peter Kenington, PhD, Director of the Bristol Advanced Technology Center for Andrew Corporation, has been named technical chair of OBSAI (Open Base Station Architecture Initiative). Andrew is a member organization and committed to standardization of base station products.

AGERE SYSTEMS SUPPORTS OPEN BASE STATION ARCHITECTURE INITIATIVE WITH LEADING COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE PORTFOLIO

·OBSAI promoters welcome Agere into global effort to develop open market for 2.5G and 3G wireless base stations
·Agere ready with systems-proven SerDes that meets OBSAI RP3 spec

San Jose, Calif., December 16, 2003;Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced that it is the first FPGA vendor to meet the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative’s (OBSAI) Reference Point 3 (RP3) interface specification...

Kawasaki (Japan), Duesseldorf (Germany), Santa Clara (Calif., USA),
December 15, 2003 – NEC Electronics Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, announced today the SerDes macro to meet the specifications of Reference Point 3 (RP3) of the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI). OBSAI is a group of nearly 70 leading manufacturers of wireless infrastructure equipment, related modules and components working to standardize the interfaces between different base station modules.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 13, 2003 - PMC Sierra TM, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) today announced that the PM8358 QuadPHY 10GX SERDES transceiver is the first to meet the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative’s (OBSAI) Reference Point 3 (RP3) interface specification. OBSAI comprises over 50 industry leading telecommunications companies working together to define wireless base station specifications. The RP3 interface interchanges formatted air interface user data as well as fast control data between the baseband processors and the radio (RF) modules (see Figure 1 and 2). The QuadPHY 10GX, a 4 port bi-directional 1.2 to 3.2 Gbit/s serial transceiver, allows base station manufacturers to evolve to higher speed serial links required by higher density baseband and radio cards thereby reducing systems costs.

OBSAI Completes Full Set of Specifications for Base Stations
OBSAI thanks its members for their hard work and gears up for the next challenge

The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) - the leading industry forum of over 50 telecommunications companies creating open specifications for base station architecture - announced today the availability of the OBSAI interface specification for the radio and baseband functions within the base station. The addition of the radio module interface specification means that OBSAI has now defined a complete set of interface specifications to cover the functions of all key base station modules: control; transport; baseband and radio.