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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 May 2002
TI works with Microtune on cable modems
Texas Instruments and Microtune are to jointly market and pursue joint development of data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) cable modem solutions.
Texas Instruments and Microtune are to jointly market and pursue joint development of data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) cable modem solutions TI and Microtune have teamed up to provide a cable modem baseband and RF chipset complete with DOCSIS-based software that has been certified in multiple cable modem products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition to combining their complementary technologies and marketing strengths, TI and Microtune will collaborate on silicon product roadmaps and cable modem reference designs.
This collaboration will provide customers with a faster time-to-market and a migration path to continued cost, power and performance improvements in DOCSIS 1.1- and DOCSIS 2.0- based access products.
The first of these solutions, which is available today, has been implemented in cable modems that have achieved DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 certification.
"Cable modem suppliers want a highly optimised and field-hardened solution for their cable product platforms.
Simply put, the TI and Microtune relationship provides that", said Brett Butler, general manager of TI's cable broadband communications.
"Our relationship is extremely complementary and clearly addresses operators' needs with an industry-leading solution".
TI and Microtune have developed robust reference platforms that offer complete and highly optimised DOCSIS 1.1-enabling hardware and software with a well-defined API architecture for customer differentiation.
The DOCSIS 1.1 certified TNETC405T is one such platform that features TI's cable modem hardware and software product, as well as Microtune's silicon RF cable network interface, including the MicroTuner MT2040 tuner, MicroStreamer MT1530 upstream amplifier and MT1230 intermediate frequency amplifier.
This solution provides space, power and cost efficiencies and is available today as a reference platform from TI.
"TI and Microtune were the first suppliers to enable cable modems that achieved DOCSIS 1.1 certification, and both companies have managed an incredible DOCSIS certification success rate at CableLabs", said Douglas J Bartek, chairman and CEO of Microtune.
"With our combined leadership, we are now able to provide our customers the most complete and competitive solution available".
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