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Frontier Silicon reduces cost of prototyping DAB systems with Munich
development board
London, UK - 9th October, 2003 - Frontier Silicon, the fabless
semiconductor business whose core products include system-on-chip
(SoC) devices for digital TV, digital radio and other emerging consumer
multimedia products, today announced the introduction of the Munich
DAB prototyping system.
Munich, which will be available in Q4 2003 from Frontier Silicon
for £999 (exc. VAT) is a solution for prototyping DAB products
based on the Frontier Silicon Venice module.
Venice is a compact, highly integrated OEM Module for DAB Digital
Radio. It has applications in consumer audio markets. It can be
used either as master in the system where the only external components
required to make it into a fully featured DAB receiver are LCD,
keypad, antenna and power supply or as a stand-alone receiver in
a larger system being controlled by the main system microcontroller.
Munich provides all of the functionality required to decode DAB,
including a tested RF front end. Connectors are provided to enable
a developer to connect their own application circuits such as displays,
audio interfaces and data interfaces to DAB. A keypad is provided
to implement user interface functions. Interfaces to the CodeScape
toolset for Imagination Technologies' META™ processor, on which
Venice is based, are also provided.
Munich will enable Frontier Silicon customers to shorten development
times for new Chorus based products. Chorus is already the most
successful DAB digital audio processor in the world with over 300,000
units shipped.
About Frontier Silicon
Operating at the frontiers of the digital revolution Frontier Silicon
is a fabless semiconductor business whose core products include
system-on-chip (SoC) devices and RF baseband modules for digital
TV, digital radio and other emerging consumer multimedia products.
Frontier's key customers include consumer electronic, automotive
entertainment and PDA/mobile phone manufacturers.
Contact
Anthony
Sethill, CEO
Frontier Silicon
Tel: +44 (0) 1923 474200
Fax: +44 (0)1923 202251
Email:
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