7 2009 GLOBE NEWSWIRE Entropic Communications Inc

Montreal's goaltender, Carey Price, made a couple of good saves to keep the score tied before Jaroslav Spacek opened the score with a good shot from the blue line that beat goaltender Tim Thomas. The Canadiens and more especially Carey Price shut the door on the Bruins later on in this first frame during a double man advantage. The highlight of the match came from Mike Cammalleri who scored three goals during the second period alone. His 15th goal of the season completed his hat trick to the delight of the crowd. The Canadiens went to the dressing room up 5-0 after two periods. Vladimir Sobotka avoided the shut out early in the third period when he tipped a shot past Carey Price. Final score: Montreal Canadiens 5-Boston Bruins 1 The fans of the Montreal Canadiens will remember this evening for long time as those celebrations ended with a dream performance on the ice Happy 100th anniversary..

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Entropic Communications, Inc.(Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon solutions to enable connected homeentertainment, announced today the EN4020 a powerful multi-mode hybrid RFCMOS silicon tuner. The EN4020 offers industry leading performance, analog anddigital support and enables cost reduction by streamlining production andtesting processes for tuner module manufacturers.CMOS Design and Multi-mode FunctionalityDeveloped using CMOS process technology, Entropic's EN4020 breaks the costbarriers, which have historically hindered the adoption of silicon tuners bytuner module manufacturers. The EN4020 allows CAN tuner vendors to benefit fromthe linearity and programmability of silicon tuners in their tuner moduledesigns. Additionally, the EN4020 is the first low-cost CMOS tuner in productionto offer Nordig compliance for cable and terrestrial applications.Entropic's EN4020 provides multi-mode functionality to enable the design of asingle hardware tuner module that can easily be software-configured fordifferent market applications and requirements. With multi-mode capability, theEN4020 offers tuner manufacturers the ability to reduce hardware variants andstreamline manufacturing, test and assembly processes.

The overall impact tomanufacturing efficiency allows module vendors to reduce their time-to-marketwhile lowering costs."We are proud of the advanced engineering that went into the development ofEntropic's most advanced silicon tuner," said Patrick Henry, CEO of EntropicCommunications. "The multi-mode design and programmability offer tuner modulemanufacturers a low cost, flexible solution for a variety of tuner applicationssuitable for worldwide market adoption."Hybrid Capability and Industry Leading PerformanceAlthough the worldwide transition from analog to digital continues, the need forsupporting legacy analog signals will remain for years to come. Historically,the support of analog and digital signals required two separate tuner modules.However, Entropic's EN4020 has been designed with hybrid analog and digitalsupport offering the ability to accommodate legacy analog broadcastingapplications while servicing the requirements of emerging digital markets. Byproviding hybrid support in a single programmable device, the EN4020 eliminatesthe need for a separate analog tuner and reduces both the cost and the size ofhybrid tuner modules.The EN4020 boasts strong performance in sensitivity and linearity forover-the-air (OTA) and cable TV (CATV) applications. The extended dynamic rangeof the EN4020 with maximum input power handling of 8dBm is well suited for OTAenvironments.