Tag: Silicon

Broadcom announced the availability of its new "Intensi-fi" WLAN chipsets designed to comply with the IEEE 802.11n draft specification. The ...

Octasic introduced a "colorful calling" feature for its OCT6100 voice quality processor that enables callers to select desired background music, ...

Texas Instruments introduced a scheme that leverages its digital signal processor (DSP) technology and embedded software solutions to monitor and ...

Motorola announced plans to support bptj MicroTCA-based communications servers and VMEbus- based products. This coexistence strategy is designed to help ...

Agere Systems introduced a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 system-on-a-chip with an on-board microprocessor that processes data more than three ...

Ikanos Communications agreed to acquire the network processor product line of Analog Devices, including ADSL ASICs, for approximately $30 million ...

Zarlink introduced its new ClassSwitch silicon aimed at line cards or compact systems deployed in Central Offices, Cable Head-Ends or ...

Texas Instruments agreed to sell its Sensors & Controls business to affiliates of Bain Capital, LLC, a leading global private ...

Freescale Semiconductor introduced a 3.3V single-chip CMOS broadband silicon tuner designed for the growing set-top box (STB) and analog/digital TV ...

Broadcom introduced a front-end cable TV set-top box chip with integrated channel bonding technology. Channel bonding is a DOCSIS 3.0 ...

Broadcom announced a new dual-channel AVC/VC-1/MPEG-2 video decoder system-on-a-chip (SoC) that enables cable, satellite and IP-network equipment manufacturers to develop ...

Texas Instruments began shipping initial "Hollywood" DTV single-chip solutions for mobile phones to handset manufacturers worldwide. The Hollywood chips integrate ...

Marvell is previewing its "Orion" chip family for new media vault platforms that allow users to access rich multimedia and ...