GIPS Technology Selected by Leading Chip Maker to Provide Highest Grade Voice Quality in ATA Solutions

Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leading
provider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP
(VoIP) market, today announced that WavePlus Technology Corp., a fabless
semiconductor firm specializing in the ASIC design for home networking
technologies, has selected GIPS VoiceEngine™ Embedded software to
provide superior sound quality in its products. Initially, VoiceEngine
Embedded will be utilized in WavePlus' WP3220 and WP3221 Home Gateway
Processors and extended to follow-up product lines.

"Having had great success in the ISP market the natural progression for
GIPS is to work with companies like WavePlus to deliver optimum voice
quality for hardware solutions. GIPS is excited to be working with a
company the caliber of WavePlus," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEO
of Global IP Sound. "With our VoiceEngine family of products, GIPS has
dedicated itself to enable the highest possible quality across all
IP-enabled communications platforms."

WavePlus is intending to use VoiceEngine Embedded in a broad array of
solutions, including gateways, IP phones and ATA products targeted at
telecommunications vendors, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Internet
Telephony Service Providers (ITSP). The company's recently introduced
WP3220 and WP3221 chipsets are tightly and seamlessly integrated to give
manufacturers a versatile System on a Chip (SoC) platform for the
development of wired and wireless networking devices.

The WP322x family chipset integrates a powerful processor, Ethernet switch,
5-port PHY, PCI and a versatile telephony interface in a single chip.
Together, the pair allows developers the power and flexibility to quickly
design systems. WavePlus' new product, which will be added to its current
series of gateway processors, is slated to mass production in mid October
2005.

GIPS VoiceEngine Embedded, which delivers the superior voice quality
performance in the WavePlus solution, provides a single piece of software
that handles all the necessary voice-related tasks for the solution. The
comprehensive nature of VE Embedded eradicated for WavePlus the cost and
complexity involved in purchasing individual components or creating a
proprietary software framework.

"We are convinced that GIPS leadership in sound processing technology will
help us to achieve our goals of enhancing the pervasiveness and quality of
today's networks," said Lon Wu, Vice President of Marketing at WavePlus.
"For home networking and consumer electronics customers, superior sound
quality remains a clear differentiator."

The patented technology and best-in-class components in VoiceEngine
Embedded are field proven and deliver sophisticated speech enhancements,
including echo cancellation. VoiceEngine Embedded guarantees the best voice
quality with the lowest possible delay.

The platform is based upon a richly featured and flexible API to empower
vendors of CPU-based VoIP hardware, such as hardware IP phones or
residential gateways, to get their products to market rapidly while
reducing development costs. Using VoiceEngine Embedded, chip manufacturers
can concentrate on their core competencies rather than the complex issues
associated with voice processing.

VE Embedded supports a broad array of architectures, including MIPS,
Xscale/ARM and other CPU technologies. The platform, which is compatible
with all existing industry standards, ensures that manufacturers can
achieve consistent and unmatched voice quality across an entire product
line.

Devices built on the VoiceEngine platform offer the added advantage of
being interoperable with all existing solutions that use GIPS technology.
Currently, a solid roster of leading VoIP companies is using GIPS
VoiceEngine to enhance voice quality in their solutions.

About Global IP Sound

Founded in 1999, Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processing
technologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPS
SoundWare™ provides better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity in
end-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. Global
IP Sound's world-renowned speech processing and IP telephony experts
deliver these solutions to applications developers, gateway and chip
manufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare™ products include Nortel
Networks, Skype, WebEx, MSN, AOL, EarthLink and other key players in the
VoIP market. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel® PCA Developer
Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, Symbian Platinum Partners and Texas
Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound has
headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Stockholm, Hong Kong and
Boston. More information is available at www.globalipsound.com.

About WavePlus Technology Corp.

Established in 1999, WavePlus' core product offerings include gateway
processors and 802.11 wireless solutions that enable OEM companies to
integrate and roll out new devices quickly and effectively. WavePlus'
products are suitable in applications ranging from wireless adapters and
consumer electronics to routers, home gateways, and wireless
entertainment/multimedia centers. With a strong commitment to its customers
and partners, combined with a mature set of design methodologies and
quality standards, WavePlus is driving the widespread adoption of
cutting-edge technologies by simultaneously lowering costs and continually
delivering on dependable, feature-rich products. Visit the company's Web
site at www.waveplus.com.

Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
respective owners.







For information, contact:
For Global IP Sound
Wendy Toth
Global IP Sound
Email Contact
(415) 438-2613
Donna Candelori
Candelori Communications
Email Contact
(408) 774-3414
For WavePlus Technology
Lon Wu
WavePlus Technology
886 287921856 ext. 2700
Email Contact
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