ATMEL LAUNCHES DVD-SINGLE CHIP.Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) has launched its DVD Single Chip (SoC), the industry's highest level integrated optical system based on 0.13 micron technology. The AT78C4050 is capable of supporting Blue Laser and Red Laser technologies. "Atmel's DVD-SoC is an advanced architecture taking advantage of a Partial Response, Maximum Likelihood (PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood) A technique used to differentiate a valid signal from noise by measuring the rate of change at various intervals of the rising waveform. ) read channel which uses advanced mixed- signal and Digital Signal Processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ), Optical Disc controller, servo logic and two 32-bit embedded microprocessors offering superior performance, scalability, integration and power efficiency for DVD-Recorder applications," said Mehdi Bathaee, general manager for the Network-Storage group. Atmel offers complete development platforms for Blue Laser and Red Laser OPU OPU Ovum Pick-Up OPU Office des Publications Universitaires OPU Optical Channel Payload Unit OPU Oil Pick Up (spinning) OPU Optical Pickup Head (DVD drives) OPU Outstation Processing Unit (Optical Pick-Up Unit), enabling customers to start system development with their own preferred OPU hardware. Development platforms include the Atmel AT78C4050 and AT78C300 7 Motor Driver, Flash memory, Laser Diode Driver Integrated Circuit (LDDIC) and Photo Detector Integrated Circuit (PDIC PDIC Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation PDIC Professional Diving Instructors Corporation PDIC Parkinson's Disease Information Center PDIC Program Installations by Classification Document PDIC Palestine Development and Investment Company ). Complete reference design platforms including firmware and board support packages provide a complete tool for accelerated customer development. "This technology enables us to reduce risk, accelerate time-to-market, and produce cost effective solutions that can span multiple product generations. Such technologies include portable recorders, and Digital DVD-Camcorders. This product is especially ideal for high performance and cost-sensitive applications," concluded Mehdi Bathaee. Also available is an optional Serial ATA IC, which leverages the company's transceiver (PHY See physical layer and physical. ) technology. This product provides DVD-storage OEMs for developing mainstream PC DVD-storage, high-performance Set-Top Boxes and Recorder subsystems. The AT78C4050 is available now at $8.00 in 100 unit quantities. A hardware and firmware reference design is also available. About Atmel Atmel is a worldwide designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology port folios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions. Amtel Corporation can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.atmel.com/. For more information, call 408/487-2938. |
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