Creative Technology Enters Broadband Internet Market

Creative Technology Enters Broadband Internet Market gets a June 1999 update. Creative Technology today announced the company’s plans to offer broadband internet access solutions.

using Lucent Technologies WildWire DSP1690-based chip set, Creative will offer internal PCI-based solutions for broadband connectivity for OEMs, system integrators and retail. Creative will also use Centillium’s Optimizer chip set to be the first to market with an external USB-based solution that is ideal for home use. These solutions combined provide a family of flexible broadband options for the retail, OEM and system integrator channels that offer up to 1.5MBPS of download capacity, up to 26 times more bandwidth than 56K modems.