Winbond Introduces New Single-Channel 3V CODEC Chip for Mobile Voice Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003 Winbond Electronics Corporation America, a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions, today introduced the W681310, a new Voiceband CODEC chip aimed at a wide variety of mobile voice applications. The W681310 is part of a growing family of voice CODEC Same as speech codec. chip solutions that Winbond offers and the eighth in the series rolled out this year. The chip is currently sampling and is competitively priced at under $0.98 in 25,000 quantities. For evaluation, the W681310ES is offered at a cost of $15. For prototyping purposes, a development kit, the W681310DK, is also available. The development kit, priced at $120, provides system designers with a flexible, low cost method for developing and testing an application on a single, standalone platform. The W681310 is a single-channel voice CODEC for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion. The chip includes complete micron-law and A-Law companders (pin selectable) that are designed to comply with industry specifications ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union G.711 and ITU-T G.712. The 3V IC features low power consumption, enables system level customization, and is offered in SOP and SSOP SSOP Shrink Small Outline Package SSOP Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (USDA) SSOP Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures SSOP Sharescan-Open Platform (Ecopy) SSOP Site Security Operational Procedures packaging. "The 3V single-channel CODEC is ideal for a wide variety of low-power applications," said Peter Himes, vice president, marketing, Winbond America. "Examples include Bluetooth handsets, VoIP, digital telephone, communication systems, and digital voice recorders. In addition, the chip is compatible with the Motorola(R) MC145481, making it a cost-effective alternative to current solutions available on the market." About Winbond Winbond Electronics Corporation was founded in 1987 and is based in Hsinchu Science-Based Park, Taiwan. It has since become the largest branded IC Company in Taiwan, offering a broad range of PC and peripheral-related ICs, consumer electronics ICs, multimedia ICs, and memory ICs. Winbond is a market leader in the telephone dialer, PC I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output controller, memory, speech synthesizer synthesizer Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance. and MPEG decoder markets. With three wafer fabs currently in operation, the Company utilizes process technologies ranging from 1.0 micron down to 0.13 micron. Winbond has approximately 4,000 employees worldwide with design centers located in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Shanghai, China; San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. ; and Austin, Texas. World Wide Web WECA See Wi-Fi Alliance. home page: http://www.winbond-usa.com; World Wide Web corporate home page: http://www.winbond.com. Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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