Entropic Communications Increases Performance and Efficiency With Newest Channel Stacking Switch Silicon (AcT)

Energy Efficient Single Cable Solution Reduces Cabling Complexity and Costs

Entropic's CSS Integrated Circuits (ICs) significantly reduce both the cost and the cabling complexity of DBS installations. Unlike traditional satellite installations, which require a unique cable for each tuner from the satellite dish to the set-top box (STB), Entropic's CSS technology enables delivery of multiple video streams from individual or multiple satellites into the home over a single cable. This single cable architecture simplifies cabling to make the deployment of STBs, with multiple tuner capabilities, in multiple rooms, a very cost effective installation and virtually eliminates retrofitting and the need to punch through walls. Additionally, Entropic's CSS technology simplifies plug and play for STB upgrades and allows all levels of installers, from professional to consumers, to reuse existing cabling to quickly setup an in-home DBS system. 

The new CSS IC, embedded in a low noise block (LNB), was developed to address the growing multi-tuner, multi-viewing location home. As the adoption of high definition (HD) and Digital Video Recording (DVR) devices increases in the home so does the number of tuners. The EN5288 is cost optimized to support four tuners in the home, but also offer scalability to support up to twelve tuners down a single coaxial cable.

Entropic has already experienced positive traction in the market for its EN5288, with customers including Wistron NeWeb Corporation (WNC), an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced wireless communication products.

"Wistron NeWeb Corporation's next generation LNB products incorporating Entropic's latest CSS solutions will support the growing DVR and multi-room DBS operator market," said Jeffrey Gau, president and COO, WNC. "The low power consumption of these new CSS ICs, cost optimization and scalability enable us to continue to service Tier 1 DBS service providers around the world."

"Entropic's CSS solution is currently being deployed to tens of millions of SFH and multi-dwelling units (MDUs) around the world by top tier satellite operators. Our technology reduces cabling complexity, lowers installation and upgrade costs, and improves installation aesthetics throughout the home," said Vinay Gokhale, senior vice president, Marketing and Business Development at Entropic Communications. "The cost effective, energy efficient, ROHS compliant design of the EN5288 reflects Entropic's commitment to single cable technology, worldwide green initiatives and the global satellite market."

The cost-optimized EN5288 is now being sampled and will be incorporated into next generation consumer premise equipment (CPE) including LNBs and multi-switches by WNC and other original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners expected to launch in 2012. Using a highly integrated design packaged in a small 7x7 mm² QFN package, the EN5288 incorporates two inputs and two stacked outputs plus a dedicated legacy output per IC. IC's can be configured in parallel to provide up to twelve stacked outputs, supporting up to six DVRs in a home network. In addition to providing a single cable network to deliver DBS video signals, this network also supports home networking and access solutions such as those offered by Entropic's home networking and Broadband Access platforms, both based on the MoCA® standard.

The EN5288 is ideally suited for operators and free-to-air (FTA) installers, as well as retailers in the direct-to-home (DTH) outdoor unit (ODU) market. All generations of CSS solutions allow LNB converters and multi-switches to multiplex multiple channels from DBS satellites onto a single coaxial cable enabling connection to DVRs and multiple STBs as well as providing a single cable backbone for Home Networking solutions.

Solutions based on Entropic's CSS technology can be seen at CES2012, January 10-13, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth #31253 in the South Hall.

About Entropic Communications

Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a leading fabless semiconductor company that is engineering the future of connected home networking and entertainment by providing next-generation silicon and software technologies to the world's leading cable, telco and satellite service providers, OEMs and consumer electronics manufacturers. As a co-founder of MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance), Entropic pioneered and continues to evolve the way high-definition television-quality video and other multimedia and digital content such as movies, music, games and photos are brought into and delivered throughout the home. For more information, visit Entropic at www.entropic.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the ability of Entropic's CSS and single-cable solutions to prepare operator systems for future expansion in their home networking strategies, reduce overall system and upgrade costs and lower subscriber acquisition cost, its related prospects and its role in the future of the DBS market. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the effects of competition; our dependence on a limited number of customers and service providers for a substantial portion of our revenues, risks that the market for high-definition and standard-definition video and other multi-media content delivery and networking solutions in the United States, China and elsewhere will not develop as we expect, risks associated with competing against larger and more established companies and our ability to compete successfully in the market for CSS and MoCA-compliant chipsets, risks associated with timely development and introduction of new or enhanced products, risks that our collaborations and partnerships will not yield their anticipated benefits, risks associated with adverse U.S. and international economic conditions, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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