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Electronic News (1991), Jan 25, 1999 v45 i2254 p4(1)
C-Cube Acquires TV/Com Assets. (C-Cube Microsystems, TV/COM International)(Company Business and Marketing)
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Milpitas, Calif.-C-Cube Microsystems Inc. will acquire the communication technology, patents and personnel from TV/COM International, part of the Mindport Group Inc, San Diego, in an effort to expand its reach into the cable and satellite set-top box market beyond providing video and audio decoders. The portion of TV/Com that C-Cube purchased was heavily involved in developing chips for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) for cable and quadrature phase shift key modulation (QPSK) for satellite set tops. According to Chris Adams, VP of marketing at C-Cube, the company will use the technologies to complement its de-multiplexing, transport, graphics, audio and video decode products.This is in addition to C-Cube's DVD technologies that cover DVD players, portable players and PC DVD-ROMs. C-Cube also plans to develop new products that will be a combination of the communications products from TV/Com and C-Cube's current MPEG devices. Adams said this will allow C-Cube customers to build complete digital set-top offerings from one vendor. "We intend to bring the technology to market and bring set-top solutions that will be aimed at the QAM and QPSK markets," said Adams. Adams said with the acquisition, C-Cube can now supply OEMs with all the necessary silicon, except the DRAM and flash, to build a set-top box. N |
