Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: SMSC | Subject: SIO1049
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 25 May 2006
IR controller chip bridges convergence
gap
An IR controller IC enables media centre PCs running the upcoming release of Windows Vista to act and appear more like consumer electronic devices than personal computers.
SMSC introduced its SIO1049 media centre consumer IR (CIR) controller at Microsoft's WinHEC conference in Seattle Supported by Microsoft drivers, the SIO1049 will enable media centre PCs running the upcoming release of Windows Vista to act and appear more like consumer electronic devices than personal computers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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