Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics Accelerates the Performance of the World's Fastest CMOS 14-bit DAC

Conversion rate increases from 800MSa/s to 1GSa/s

Sunnyvale, CA, March 22, 2004 — Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) and Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) today announced that the MB86064 dual 14-bit Digital-to-Analog converter (DAC) now features an industry-leading conversion rate of 1GSa/s. The rate has increased from 800MSa/s, and the revised specification retains the MB86064's position as the world's fastest CMOS DAC. (See FMA's related press release dated January 31, 2003.)

"The increase to 1GSa/s is key to addressing a variety of new market segments that have highlighted a 'need for speed' following the 800MSa/s launch last year," said Stephanos Thomopoulos, marketing manager for Fujitsu Microelectronics America. "This product is in production and available now."

The majority of customer prototyping conducted during the past year targeted operation within the preliminary 800MSa/s specification. The now higher minimum-guaranteed conversion rate provides scope for the rapid evolution of those, as well as new designs to address changes in market requirements. As a consequence, faster time-to-market of these systems is key to reduce development cost and risk.

Instrumental to supporting the increased data rate is Fujitsu's market-leading introduction of double data rate (DDR) LVDS interfaces on high-performance DACs such as the MB86064. Combined with its proprietary loop-clock facility, this enables cost-effective, realizable solutions when combined with either FPGA or ASIC data generators.

Completion of characterization prior to production approval has also led to an improvement in quoted ACLR performance. The figure, when generating 4 UMTS carriers at 276MHz, has increased to 74dBc, using a DAC conversion rate of 737MSa/s.

Pricing and Availability
The new improved DACs with customer development kits and production devices are available now. Prices begin at $120 each in 1,000-unit quantities.

A medium-resolution picture relevant to this press release can be found by following the link:
http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/imagearchive/lowres/dac14bit_low.jpg

For a high-resolution download option please follow the link:
http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/imagearchive/zip/dac14bit.zip

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Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America. For product information, visit the company web site at http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/dac

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