Just like your computer's processor, TV processors handle speed, multitasking, and overall performance. Here's why you should ...

The MP201 application processor integrates the core functions needed in portable multimedia devices. Replacing as many as three discrete chips, it features on-chip video and audio data processors, ...

Two of the basic components in any computer are the motherboard and the central processing unit. Both perform processes vital to running the computer's operating system and programs -- the motherboard ...

Over the past few months, a host of network processing engines and traffic management ICs have emerged for 10-Gbps/OC-192c networking equipment designs. Now, design engineers are tasked with ...

Under normal circumstances, the CPU in your desktop PC generates modest amounts of heat; a smart fan on top of the CPU runs just fast enough to keep it cool. At this speed, you barely hear the fan.

LONDON — Freescale Semiconductor will start shipping in October a version of its i.MX applications processor that integrates mixed signal technology. Dubbed the i.MX233, the part delivers ARM9 ...

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