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News Release from: SiGe Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 March 2001
SiGe to develop tuner for Panasonic
module
SiGe Semiconductor and Matsushita Electronic Components are to develop a high-performance single chip tuner for the broadband and cable telephony market.
SiGe Semiconductor and Matsushita Electronic Components are to develop a high-performance single chip tuner for the broadband and cable telephony market Matsushita (Panasonic) will be the first customer for the device and will apply it to its next-generation tuner front-end module, targeting the cable telephony and high-speed data markets
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Announcing the agreement, Jim Derbyshire, CEO of SiGe Semiconductor said: "Our tuner outperforms offerings from current players and delivers significant advantages to exploit the full potential of broadband services to the home.
I am delighted that Panasonic, a leading supplier in the field, has chosen to partner with SiGe Semiconductor as this exciting new market develops".
"SiGe Semiconductor's leadership in developing low power, high performance RFICs provides us with a great advantage", said Masao Onishi, General Manager of Matsushita Electronic Components.
"Combining SiGe's and Panasonic's technologies will allow us to deliver high performance Tuner modules to the cable industry".
The SiGe tuner is the lowest power, most highly integrated, with superior performance, tuner-on-a-chip available on the market.
The tuner will enable broadband services such as cable telephony, high speed Internet access for multimedia PCs and Internet appliances, CATV and video on demand.
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