{"id":1227,"date":"2011-07-03T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2011-07-03T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T20:00:40","slug":"silicon-labs-ships-one-billionth-dsp-radio-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/silicon-labs-ships-one-billionth-dsp-radio-chip\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Labs ships one billionth DSP radio chip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silicon Labs, the chip manufacturer behind some of the best portable shortwave radios in the market (including Tecsun<\/a> and Grundig<\/a>) has sold its one billionth DSP radio chip. Silicon Labs has been one of the best things to happen to the portable shortwave market this century. Their DSP chips lower the production cost of radios and enhance the performance with Digital Signal Processing.<\/p>\n

I eagerly await the new Tecsun R-2010<\/a>–an analog radio with the Silicon Labs\u2019 Si483x DSP chip. Not only will it enhance the performance of this basic analog radio, but it should also decrease production costs by as much as 80%!<\/p>\n

Here is the full SiLabs<\/a> press release: <\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Industry\u2019s First CMOS \u201cRadio-on-a-Chip\u201d ICs Widely Adopted in Leading Consumer Electronics and Automotive Designs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reaching a major milestone in the broadcast audio market, Silicon Laboratories Inc [2]. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced that it has shipped its one billionth broadcast radio IC. Silicon Labs\u2019 digital CMOS broadcast radios are widely used in handsets, portable media players (PMPs), personal navigation devices (PNDs), automotive infotainment systems, tabletop and bedside radios, portable radios, boom boxes and numerous other consumer electronics products.<\/p>\n

Silicon Labs introduced the industry\u2019s first single-chip FM receiver in 2005. As the industry\u2019s smallest, highest performance and most integrated FM broadcast radio IC, the Si4700 [3] IC redefined how FM tuners were designed into consumer electronics products. At that time, traditional broadcast audio solutions were based on complex, costly analog architectures that required more than 30 discrete components. The highly integrated Si4700 revolutionized broadcast radio designs by offering exceptional, highly flexible performance, while simultaneously reducing component count by more than 90 percent and board space by more than 60 percent.<\/p>\n

Over the past six years, Silicon Labs has rapidly expanded its broadcast audio portfolio [4] to more than 40 distinct products including FM radio receivers, FM radio transmitters\/transceivers, AM\/FM receivers, shortwave and weather band receivers, RDS data receivers and automotive radio receivers. These products are now the broadcast radio ICs of choice for many leading consumer electronics brands.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilicon Labs delivered the industry\u2019s first monolithic all-CMOS FM receiver, providing breakthrough cost, size, integration and performance for broadcast receiver applications in handsets, navigation devices, media players and consumer electronics,\u201d said Jag Bolaria, a senior analyst at The Linley Group. \u201cThe company has continued to drive market innovation in CMOS FM transmitters and multi-band AM\/FM\/SW and weather-band receivers, all widely adopted in the consumer electronics, portable and automotive markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silicon Labs\u2019 broadcast radio ICs leverage the company\u2019s patented low-IF digital architecture, which enables the highest level of selectivity and sensitivity performance for radios, resulting in reduced interference and superior reception. In addition, Silicon Labs broadcast receivers incorporate advanced audio processing technology that delivers sound quality that is unmatched by other competing radio receiver ICs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilicon Labs thrives on pioneering new ways to solve difficult system design challenges with mixed-signal technology,\u201d said Diwakar Vishakhadatta, general manager of Silicon Labs\u2019 broadcast audio products. \u201cOur single-chip FM, AM\/FM receiver and transceiver families are a case in point. These products have helped our customers reduce the cost and complexity of their designs while enabling more features and functionality to help them differentiate their products in the marketplace. We continue to invest and innovate around our low-IF digital architecture to remain a strategic supplier of broadcast radio technology to the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silicon Labs has approximately 100 issued and pending worldwide patent applications in audio technologies for its AM and FM related products.<\/p>\n

For additional information about Silicon Labs\u2019 broadcast audio products, please visit www.silabs.com\/pr\/broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silicon Labs, the chip manufacturer behind some of the best portable shortwave radios in the market (including Tecsun and Grundig) has sold its one billionth DSP radio chip. Silicon Labs has been one of the best things to happen to the portable shortwave market this century. 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