Ottawa, Canada, September 29, 2008 -- Broadband World Forum 2008 - Brussels, Belgium,  Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. (TSX:ZL), the market leader in access infrastructure and residential gateway voice solutions, and Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced availability of a joint next-generation access solution linking the Zarlink VoiceEdge™ VE792 Next-Generation Carrier Chipset (NGCC)  with the Mindspeed Comcerto® 300 Series of access VoIP processors.

\"Combining Zarlink\'s state-of-the-art line test performance and Mindspeed\'s industry-known voice processing expertise creates a best-in-class access solution,\" said Shahin Sadeghi, segment marketing manager for access infrastructure voice products at Zarlink. \"This solution provides customers with a combined platform that delivers the most comprehensive, efficient, and feature-rich line card solution in the industry.

\"The VE792 and Comcerto 300 combination offers a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective processing architecture that also integrates widely supported system interfaces.  The multiple centralized processing elements of the system leverage a modular software approach to efficiently handle all aspects of the conversion of analog voice on copper to packetized voice on Ethernet. This modular, scalable architectural approach minimizes software complexity, reducing development time and longer-term maintenance costs, while allowing customers to develop multiple architectures and channel densities from a single base design.

\"Our collaboration with Zarlink has been a key factor in Mindspeed\'s success in the access VoIP market,\" said Kurt Michel, Mindspeed\'s marketing director of Carrier VoIP products. \"Our prior generation products, working together, have secured over 15 design-ins, while multiple tier 1 accounts are already developing with our combined next-generation solution.  This complete system solution greatly reduces customer development time, and offers a new level of integration and advanced features that define the standard for next-generation access VoIP solutions. \"

Please contact http://www.zarlink.com/zarlink/hs/press_releases_15647.htm for details or contact Mr. Jacky Su at Seraphim,Taiwan distributor of Zarlink, tel: 26984540 ext. 216 or email to jackysu@seraphim.com.tw 

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Zarlink