Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Broadcom Corp | Subject: BCM4501
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 06 January 2006
DVB-S2 receiver chip replaces four
devices
Broadcom has developed the industry's first DVB-S2 receiver chip that features two integrated tuners and demodulators.
Broadcom has developed the industry's first DVB-S2 receiver chip that features two integrated tuners and demodulators The capabilities of the new Broadcom receiver go beyond current DVB-S2 silicon implementations in both integration and performance, offering manufacturers a significantly lower cost solution for the development of DVB-S2 capable satellite set-top boxes (STBs), personal video recorders (PVRs), satellite receivers and integrated multifunction home media centres
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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