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INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, August 23, 2005 -- Genesys Logic, Inc. (GLI), a leader in high-speed I/O communications, today announced the availability of its PCI Express (GigaCourierTM) and USB 2.0/SATA (GigaSataTM) product families. The new solutions will be on display during the Intel Developer Forum, August 23rd to 25th, in booth number 922 in the PCI Express Community in the West Hall at The Moscone Center.

PCI Express PHY

With the new GL9711/GL9714 1-lane and 4-lane PIPE PHY chips, Genesys Logic is targeting FPGA and Structural ASIC users for emerging PCI Express markets. GL9714 and GL9711 are the first PCI Express 4-lane and 1-lane PIPE PHY in the industry implemented in a 0.18ìm standard digital CMOS process. GL9714 and GL9711 fully comply with both the PCI ExpressTM Base Specification Revision 1.0a and the PHY Interface for the PCI Express (PIPE) Architecture version 1.0 from Intel. GL9714 is a four-lane transceiver, which can be combined and expanded to 8/16/32 lanes in the system designs. It meets the demand of various bandwidth requirements for networking, graphics, storage, and many other high-speed applications.

Genesys Logic is also open for licensing the IP of both the 1-lane and 4-lane PCI Express PIPE PHY hard macro. They are available at 0.18µm and 0.13 µm standard CMOS process from major foundries. The GL9711 1-lane chip is in mass production. GL9714 mass production chips will be available in November 2005. Engineering samples are available now. Contact sales for pricing information at [email protected].

X1 PCI Express to PCI Bridge Controller

The GL9701 is a 1-lane PCI Express to PCI bridge and is designed for PCs and PC peripheral, consumer electronics and testing equipment manufacturers. In addition to PCI Express spec, it fully complies with PCI Local Bus Specification 2.3 and PCI Express to PCI Bridge Specification Revision 1.0a. On the PCI side, it supports up to 5 devices. The PCI bus is 32-bit wide and capable of running at either 33 or 66MHz, with PCI LOCK# support. It is ideal for video, audio, networking and real-time PCIe products.

Genesys Logic will make demos at its IDF booth. It will showcase the variety of devices that it can support, such as USB host, 1394 host, Serial ATA host, WiFi and Fast/Gigabit Ethernet. The demo will also focus on the high bandwidth the GL9701 can support. Several Video Streaming applications or interactive games will be active at the same time to be part of the demo.

SATA Storage Physical Layer Controller

As hard drives are transitioning from parallel to Serial ATA (SATA), the GL830 (GigaSata) product family extends Genesys Logic’s successful, highly-acclaimed PCI Express SerDes technology to help manufacturers make the transition seamless. The GigaSata USB2.0 controller is a USB-to-SATA HDD controller designed for popular USB external storage applications including portable hard disk drives, MP3 players, and digital video recorders and players. The GL830 is based on the company’s proprietary low-power SATA 3.0Gbps PHY, with built in support for spread-spectrum clocking (SSC) at both transmitter and receiver, which is also the first in the industry implemented in standard 0.18µm CMOS.

For more information about Genesys Logic’s product families, contact [email protected] or via the Web at http://www.genesyslogic.com

About Genesys Logic

Founded in 1997, Genesys Logic, Inc. develops system controller ICs and interface controller ICs for high-speed I/O applications, such as USB, IEEE 1394, etc. As a leader and a pioneer in the USB 2.0 market, the company receives the most USB 2.0 certifications among the worldwide manufacturers, and has sold more than 13 million chips in its history. Since 2002, Genesys Logic has partnered with Mentor Graphics to offer Genesys Logic’s low power USB 2.0 Transceiver IP technology. Through innovative custom design methodology, Genesys Logic meets its customer’s requirements, delivering on its promise of, “Your Imagination, Our Creation.”