Freescale RF Modulator Shipments Set to Hit Milestone of 125 Million Units

  
    
  
  
    
      By the end of 2006, Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) 
      expects to reach 125 million total units of radio frequency (RF) 
      modulators shipped over a five year period. Since ramping production in 
      2002, Freescale has continued to invest in low power modulators for 
      multiple consumer media applications, placing the company among the 
      industry leaders in modulator supply.
    
    
      According to an Oct. 2006 report published by analyst firm iSuppli, the 
      markets for consumer media applications such as set top boxes, DTV, 
      DVD-R and game consoles will experience compound annual growth rates 
      between 10 and more than 30 percent over the next four years. At the 
      high end, DVD-R is projected to grow 30.2 percent and DTV is expected to 
      grow 25.6 percent by 2010.
    
    
      “We’ve seen a huge 
      growth spurt this year as our products are rapidly being adopted into 
      the many digital multimedia applications found in the home,” 
      said Ritu Favre, application specific product operations manager for 
      Freescale’s Networking and Computing Systems 
      Group. “Realizing that these applications all 
      need one or more RF modulators, we will continue to invest in this 
      technology to help secure our RF leadership and to help ensure customers 
      have the latest technological advances.”
    
    
      RF modulator products
    
    
      RF modulators convert audio and video signals into radio frequency waves 
      that are suitable for reception by standard UHF tuners and are integral 
      to many digital-home consumer applications. Across the world, 
      applications such as set top boxes, game consoles, televisions, DTV, 
      DVD-R and cable modems contain Freescale RF low power modulators.
    
    
      Freescale has been selling RF modulators based on BiCMOS™ 
      technology since the late 1990s. Freescale’s 
      current modulator products offer a low voltage supply current (5V) and 
      are PLL tuned with integrated VCOs and cover UHF/VHF TV bands. 
      Modulators allow for one cable connection of AV equipment to 
      televisions. The company expects to continue investing in its roadmap to 
      meet market demand.
    
    
      About Freescale Semiconductor
    
    
      Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader 
      in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the 
      automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. 
      Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is 
      based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, 
      manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, 
      a member of the S&P 500®, is one of the 
      world’s largest semiconductor companies with 
      2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). www.freescale.com
    
    
      Freescale™ and the Freescale logo are 
      trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service 
      names are the property of their respective owners. © 
      Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2006.
    
  
By the end of 2006, Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL)
(NYSE:FSL.B) expects to reach 125 million total units of radio
frequency (RF) modulators shipped over a five year period. Since
ramping production in 2002, Freescale has continued to invest in low
power modulators for multiple consumer media applications, placing the
company among the industry leaders in modulator supply.

   According to an Oct. 2006 report published by analyst firm
iSuppli, the markets for consumer media applications such as set top
boxes, DTV, DVD-R and game consoles will experience compound annual
growth rates between 10 and more than 30 percent over the next four
years. At the high end, DVD-R is projected to grow 30.2 percent and
DTV is expected to grow 25.6 percent by 2010.

   "We've seen a huge growth spurt this year as our products are
rapidly being adopted into the many digital multimedia applications
found in the home," said Ritu Favre, application specific product
operations manager for Freescale's Networking and Computing Systems
Group. "Realizing that these applications all need one or more RF
modulators, we will continue to invest in this technology to help
secure our RF leadership and to help ensure customers have the latest
technological advances."

   RF modulator products

   RF modulators convert audio and video signals into radio frequency
waves that are suitable for reception by standard UHF tuners and are
integral to many digital-home consumer applications. Across the world,
applications such as set top boxes, game consoles, televisions, DTV,
DVD-R and cable modems contain Freescale RF low power modulators.

   Freescale has been selling RF modulators based on BiCMOS(TM)
technology since the late 1990s. Freescale's current modulator
products offer a low voltage supply current (5V) and are PLL tuned
with integrated VCOs and cover UHF/VHF TV bands. Modulators allow for
one cable connection of AV equipment to televisions. The company
expects to continue investing in its roadmap to meet market demand.

   About Freescale Semiconductor

   Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for
the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company
is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development,
manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.
Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest
semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD).
www.freescale.com

   Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners. (C) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
2006.