"Consumer market toys with PLDs, FPGAs"
..."A few of the applications are high-profile, such as Diamond Multimedia's use of an FPGA in its Rio MP3 player. Likewise, designers of digital cameras have begun using older FPGAs for their low power consumption and low cost, said Carl Burrow, director of marketing for Actel Corp"...
..."Actel started seeing interest from consumer electronics companies in its older MX line of FPGAs "a couple of years ago," Burrow said. That interest has spread to the SX line"...
..."A few years back, FPGAs in high volume were 5,000 or 10,000 units per year, and suddenly we're building 100,000 units at one time," Burrow said"...
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