MosChip Enables Gaming Platform Connectivity

MosChip Announces the Successful Deployment of Its PCI-based UART Chip by Gaming Company, Densitron -- One of the First Chip-Level Gaming Applications from India

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & HYDERABAD, India -- Hyderabad-based MosChip Semiconductor Technology Limited, India's first fabless chip design company, has announced that it has made an entry into the gaming platform arena with its high performance connectivity solutions.

UK-based Densitron Gaming, a subsidiary of Densitron Technologies PLC (LSE:DSN), and a leader in embedded computer products for the gaming industry, has selected MosChip's PCI-based product for its gaming platform, "Sapphire." This platform is being supplied to the Russian gaming giant, the Unicum Group, which in turn, is using this in its "Sensation" line of state-of-the-art video slot machines sold globally.

MosChip, a leading provider of high performance connectivity solutions for consumer, industrial and computing applications, has now added this new gaming application to its growing list of successful products powered by the MCS9845 PCI to Dual UART/ISA controller chip. The chip goes into the platform CPU motherboard which is a custom solution developed by Densitron for the Russian gaming giant.

"Moschip MCS9845 was the ideal chip that allowed us to provide a total of eight serial ports in the gaming platform providing a comprehensive feature set for the I/O intensive environment of today's video slot machines," said Craig Stapleton, Product Manager at Densitron. "We have been very pleased with MosChip's support and device drivers and plan to use this chip in our future products."

"We are pleased that MosChip's flagship PCI to serial/parallel product has been selected by Densitron, a leading supplier of gaming platforms around the world," said Prem Talreja, VP of World-wide Sales and Marketing at MosChip. "The need for serial ports or UARTs continues to grow from traditional industrial markets to consumer electronics and our line of PCI and USB adapter chips are ideally suited to meet the demand."

Today, if Densitron is using a platform that needs eight serial ports that means the need to integrate peripheral components, for example multiplayer cards or credit card interconnects are becoming more and more important - in a gaming platform. "So, is the need increasing in various other industrial and consumer applications like point of sale (PoS) terminals (right from small grocery stores to airline booking offices) or industrial controllers in the manufacturing domain which use MosChip's several products in the PCI, USB and Internet security space," Mr Talreja explained.

MORE ON THE PCI-BASED UART SUPPLIED TO DENSITRON

The MCS9845 is a PCI-based high performance Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) chip with an integrated ISA bridge. The combination of standard 16C550 Dual UART with an ISA bridge -- for additional UARTs, Parallel Printer ports and other connectivity -- makes the MCS9845 an ideal choice for applications which require Dual UART functionality and ISA scaling flexibility in a single chip solution.

MCS9845 is a member of a family of product that enables the PCI to Serial/Parallel applications. Other products in the family are:

Co MCS9835 - PCI to dual UART and Printer Port

Co MCS9820 - PCI to single UART

Co MCS9815 - PCI to dual Printer Ports

Co MCS9805 - PCI to Printer Port

In addition to Densitron's "Sapphire" platform custom board, the MCS9845 and its companion members have also earned its reputation as a proven, affordable and versatile component through numerous applications in PCI cards, I/O bridges, high speed modems, monitoring equipment and embedded systems.

The MCS9845 is available in the 128-QFP (Standard or RoHS) package, and is priced at $4.50 in 1,000 piece quantities.

For additional information on this compact, low power, product, please visit http://www.moschip.com/html/MCS9845.html

About MosChip

MosChip Semiconductor Technology Limited, a fabless semiconductor company, was founded in 1999 with headquarters in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The company's design center is in Hyderabad. The sales activity is handled by its wholly owned subsidiary, viz., MosChip Semiconductor Technology, USA. The company has several products in the PCI, USB and Internet Security Space. For more information about MosChip, please visit www.moschip.com.

About Densitron

Densitron Gaming is a leader in embedded computer products for the gaming industry. Densitron Gaming designs, manufactures and sells technologically advanced PC products tailored to the specific needs of the gaming industry. With an installed base of more than 30,000 units worldwide, the ConnectBus[R] range of products is proven in the harshest environments worldwide. Visit us at http://www.densitron.com/computers for more information on our products and services. Densitron Gaming is a wholly owned subsidiary of Densitron Technologies PLC (LSE:DSN), which is a publicly held company, traded on the London Stock Exchange.

SAFE HARBOR: This release comprises certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those mentioned in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties including but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties, viz, our ability to compete in highly competitive semiconductor industry, ability to define, develop and sell new products, dependency on subcontractors for the supply and quality of silicon wafers, dependency on international markets considering the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and our ability to attract and retain technical manpower. MosChip may from time to time make additional forward looking statements in any manner and does not undertake to update any of these forward looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.

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