Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: NXP Semiconductors | Subject: PNX0101 and PNX0102
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 September 2004
SoCs combine ARM and DSP cores for
portable audio
Leveraging its expertise in high performance digital audio solutions, Philips has developed the Nexperia Personal family of ICs for portable audio and multimedia players.
Leveraging its expertise in high performance digital audio solutions, Philips has developed the Nexperia Personal family of ICs for portable audio and multimedia players The PNX010x family includes a host of key features that, when combined with Philips' software offering, enables consumer electronics manufacturers to quickly bring to market high performance portable Flash and hard disk audio and multimedia players
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The market for portable audio and video players is quickly growing with CBIC forecasting growth of 75% percent on a yearly basis between 2002 and 2007 (Source: "Semiconductors: digital audio comes of age", April 2004).
Meeting this market demand, Philips has developed ready-to-use IC solutions that offer manufacturers upgradeable software architectures, small form factors and low power solutions for a wide range of portable audio devices.
This includes the PNX0101 and PNX0102 one-chip systems solutions targeted at portable audio players and the PNX0105 for multimedia players.
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"With the PNX010x, the consumer now has the freedom to experience high quality audio entertainment on the move".
"These low power, highly integrated processors deliver hi-fi quality sound in a tiny package", said Rutton Ruttonsha, Vice President and General Manager, Personal Entertainment Solutions at Philips Semiconductors.
"This is just the first step in our drive to make audio/video entertainment portable".
The integrated PNX0101 and PNX0102 combine an embedded 32bit ARM7TDMI processor and a dedicated DSP for audio processing in a small footprint package to enable high performance portable audio applications.
The PNX0105 incorporates the more powerful ARM926 core and an IDE interface to provide an excellent architecture for building portable multimedia players.
The entire PNX010x family features a programmable architecture that provides support for multiple audio decompression algorithms including MP3, AAC and Microsoft WMA as well as MP3 compression with LifeVibes Music audio enhancement algorithms.
Philips has designed the PNX010x family with extensive flexibility for customised functionality.
This includes complete software stacks and optional development tools from Philips to help manufactures stay competitive with fast product design and differentiation.
Philips' PNX0101 and PNX0102 are currently in mass production.
Mass production of the PNX0105 will begin in Q2 2005.
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