The Unicorn II chipset is designed to simplify the development of low-cost ADSL CPE modems for Windows, Mac and Linux based environments and enables manufacturers to achieve a very competitive production cost. Due to its controller-less architecture and particularly the advantage that it does not require an external SDRAM in its E-BOM, the total cost of the external components needed in the modem is the best in its class. With a low component count of less then 140 external components and small form factor packages, the Unicorn II easily fits on a standard 2 layer single sided PCB with small dimensions which contributes significantly to further lowering overall system costs. Together with its low power consumption, highspeed performance up to 8 Mbps and customizable complete software driver packages, the Unicorn II is the ideal choice for USB and PCI based ADSL modems.