Hey, Walkman: time to face the music on a chip; new MP3 devices are challenging tape and CD players

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Portable MP3 devices are becoming more popular. There are still some difficulties, like volume and a tinny sound, but the portable MP3 player is on the rise.

Household audio and video equipment, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Walkman-Type Stereos, Product description/specification, Product information, Audio equipment industry, Portable stereos, MP3

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The graphics card game

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The need for graphics cards has been drastically increasing. Since the card is being used for other than video game graphics, like digital photography and watching DVD movies on your computer, the product has become varied.

ICs by Function NEC, Evaluation, Integrated circuits, Coprocessors, Computer graphics, Graphics boards/cards, Graphics accelerator/display board, Display adapters

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DSP is leaner, nimbler chip

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Texas Instruments is developing the fifth generation of its DSP chip, the DA250 chip, with a view toward conserving power. DSP chips are used in CD players, cellular phones, PDAs, digital cameras, auto stereos and other consumer electronics. As semiconductor fabrication advances shrink chip size, functions that once required their own processor have been integrated into the DSP chip. Besides being more energy efficient, the smaller chips will allow product engineers more flexibility in enclosure design. Also, look for innovations such as wireless personal stereo ear phones by 2002.

Semiconductor Devices, Product development, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Digital Signal Processing Equip, Statistical Data Included, Semiconductor device, Electronic components, Technology development, Electronics industry, Texas Instruments Inc., TXN, Digital signal processors

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