Leading consumer technology manufacturers select NXP For PCTV products
(Business News, 03 Jun 2008 )
NXP Semiconductors has announced that its family of hybrid PCTV solutions – SAA7231 – is the preferred choice of leading consumer technology manufacturers, including ASUS, AVerMedia, Creatix, Medion and Pegatron. Each of these companies is delivering NXP-based PCTV products, including portable computers, laptops, living room PCs and PCTV cards.
As small as half a mini-Express Card form-factor, the NXP SAA7231 is a single-chip hybrid solution that supports worldwide broadcast standards, making it ideal for manufacturers seeking to target different geographical markets with PCTV-enabled products. The SAA7231 family of PCTV solutions includes 12 variants to suit a variety of manufacturer use cases to offer the maximum flexibility in design and integration.
Incorporating a channel decoder for DVB-S/T, a video decoder for all analog standards, a stereo audio broadcast decoder with stereo base band inputs, and a PCI/PCIe interface, the NXP SAA7231 family offers industry-leading integration, enabling developers to achieve significant design and bills-of-material (BOM) cost reduction. Sophisticated power management capabilities ensure ultra-low power consumption for uninterrupted streaming of AV content, enabling extended playback time on portable devices.