BROADCOM HAS SET-TOP BOX CHIP TO MERGE TV, INTERNET.Broadcom Corp has launched a new graphics chip for set-top boxes it hopes will earn it a slice of the television and internet convergence market. The BCM BCM Baylor College of Medicine BCM Become BCM Business Communications Manager (Nortel) BCM Broadcom Corporation BCM Business Continuity Management BCM Business Contact Manager (Microsoft) 7014 chip - a 2D/3D graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. - also includes an NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. analog decoder and NTSC/PAL video encoder, and converts the aspect ratio of computer-based square pixel A screen element that has a 1:1 aspect ratio (square). See rectangular pixel for details. images to the ITU-standard rectangular pixel A non-square pixel used on TV screens. Pixels used in the North American TV standard (NTSC) are slightly wider than they are tall (12:11 aspect ratio). Pixels in the PAL and SECAM systems used throughout the world are slightly taller than they are wide (10:11 ratio). aspect ratio of standard televisions without loss of picture quality. The chip is Broadcom's first entry into the graphics set-top box chip market, although it claims to be the market leader in high-speed transmission technology for set-tops. Its longer-term plan is to integrate all the major functions of an interactive, digital set-top boxes onto a single chip. It is available now in sample quantities, priced at $21 in volumes of 100,000. Earlier this year, Broadcom adopted the MIPS architecture to use for cable modems and digital set-top boxes, and the new 0.31 micron chip is based on an R3000 core and manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufact uring Co Ltd. |
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