TranSwitch Corporation Delivers Gigabit-rate, Multi Core Atlanta 2000 Communications Processors

TranSwitch® Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the converging voice, data and video network, today announced its new Atlanta™ 2000 communications processor product family. Atlanta 2000 offers robust gateway routing, security and VoIP capabilities with unmatched performance and power efficiency, enabling customers to develop the next generation of high performance ‘green’ networking products and services for residential, small office/home office (SOHO), and small to medium-sized business (SMB) customer premise equipment (CPE) applications.

As service providers fulfill the surging demand for triple play services to the home and secure, high bandwidth data connectivity for small businesses and branch offices, they will create new demands for performance and functionality on the CPE equipment deployed at these locations. Atlanta 2000, a highly integrated SoC solution, was designed specifically to meet the demands for these new services.

Atlanta 2000 offers wire-speed Gigabit routing performance for small packets with scalable Voice-over-IP for up to eight low-bit-rate voice channels. The processor’s innovative SoC design integrates all functions of a broadband gateway, including a DSP for voice and key exchange, security processors and a Gigabit Ethernet switch. Due to its high level of integration, Atlanta 2000 enables CPE manufacturers to achieve ground-breaking efficiency in their Bill-of-Materials (BOM), enabling them to deliver tremendous value in this cost sensitive market segment. For business applications, network security is a key requirement. Atlanta 2000 supports multiple network security applications such as IPSec and SSL accelerators with best-in-class performance.

“Atlanta 2000 is the latest and most advanced member of our field-proven communications processor product line,” said Dr. Sudhir Chandratreya, vice president of engineering and technology at TranSwitch Corporation. “With the Atlanta 2000 line of processors, we’ve developed a best-in-class platform that supports Gigabits-per-second throughput with the highest degree of functional integration including dual RISC cores, built-in DSP, hardware security engines, and packet processing accelerators - everything the market needs to drive next-generation PON, xDSL and wireless voice-enabled broadband gateways and security appliances. Other less innovative solutions struggle to achieve wirespeed throughput and may degrade performance when managing multiple voice channels and/or customer applications in parallel. Atlanta 2000’s innovative design, which incorporates state-of-the-art multi-issue, Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) CPUs, high-speed DDR2 memory and on-chip accelerators, maximizes packet processing throughput without compromising performance on other fronts” concluded Dr. Chandratreya.

About Atlanta 2000

Atlanta 2000 is a family of communications processors optimized for Gigabit-rate packet processing applications. The Atlanta 2000 product suite provides best-in-class performance at the lowest power and bill-of-materials costs for a range of applications that require IP packet routing, encryption and media processing at data rates up to two gigabits-per-second. These applications include secure broadband gateways, SSL/TLS and IPSec acceleration, and micro-PBX. Atlanta 2000 is enhanced by an open software model and publicly available Developers Edition Toolkit reference software, enabling equipment vendors to bring products to market faster at a lower cost with higher return on investment.

About TranSwitch Corporation

TranSwitch Corporation (Nasdaq: TXCC) designs, develops and markets innovative semiconductors and technologies that provide core functionality and complete solutions for voice, data and video communications network equipment. As a leading supplier to telecom, datacom, cable television and wireless markets, TranSwitch customers include the major OEMs that serve the worldwide public network, the Internet, and corporate Wide Area Networks (WANs). TranSwitch devices are inherently flexible, many incorporating embedded programmable microcontrollers to rapidly meet customers’ new requirements or evolving network standards by modifying a function via software instruction. TranSwitch implements global communications standards in its VLSI solutions and is committed to providing high-quality products and services. TranSwitch, Shelton, CT, is an ISO 9001:2000 registered company. For more information, visit www.transwitch.com.

TranSwitch is a registered trademark of TranSwitch Corporation. Atlanta is a trademark of TranSwitch Corporation.

Forward-looking statements in this release, including statements regarding management's expectations for future financial results and the markets for TranSwitch's products, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including without limitation the risk that the businesses of TranSwitch and Centillium will not be integrated successfully and without delay; the risk that the transaction may involve unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities; uncertainties concerning the effect of the transaction on relationships with customers, employees and suppliers of either or both companies; and other risks associated with TranSwitch's and Centillium's businesses such as the risks associated with acquiring new businesses; the risk of downturns in economic conditions generally and in the telecommunications and data communications markets and the semiconductor industry specifically; risks in product development and market acceptance of and demand for TranSwitch's products and products developed by TranSwitch's customers; risks relating to TranSwitch's indebtedness; risks of failing to attract and retain key managerial and technical personnel; risks associated with foreign sales and high customer concentration; risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures; risks associated with investing in new businesses; risks of dependence on third-party VLSI fabrication facilities; risks related to intellectual property rights and litigation; risks in technology development and commercialization; and other risks detailed in TranSwitch's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.