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Wednesday, 25 May 2005 |
Philips Announces
Semiconductor Solution for Portable Audio ...
Nikkei Electronics Asia - Asia
May 25, 2005 -- Royal Philips Electronics has announced a highly
integrated, low-power solution that will make it easy for manufacturers to build
hard disk drive (HDD)-based portable audio players with optimal battery life.
The PNX0106 is the latest addition to Philips' Nexperia Personal family of ICs
for portable audio and multimedia players, and brings the audio quality of
Philips' IC solutions for Flash MP3 players to the HDD market.
The market for HDD-based portable audio players is forecast to grow from 13.9
million units produced in 2004 to 54.7 million units produced in 2008, according
to Gartner. With the aim to help manufacturers meet the growing demand for HDD-based
portable audio players, Philips has designed its PNX0106 as a complete hardware
and software solution for building HDD-based portable audio devices with fast
time-to-market.
The PNX0106 further helps manufacturers to compete in the market by offering a
low-power solution for optimal battery life with the flexibility to support
differentiating features. Additional features that can be supported by the
PNX0106 include advanced user interfaces, interconnectivity and multimedia
functions such as playback of images and simple video clips.
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