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Cirrus Logic Expands Portable Audio Chip Leadership into Markets for Mobile ...

08.06.10

The CS42L73 is a serious-quality, ultra low-power audio codec designed for smartphoneMostlyapplications, and the CS35L0X is an analog-input, hybrid Sort D speaker amplifier for mobile communications and carry-on devices. These products build upon the company's technology regulation in portable audio products and help clear up multiple system challenges encountered by designers in the areasPrimarilyof extending battery life, improving audio distinction, simplifying signal management and reducing electrical-bewitching interference (EMI) while enabling smaller form factors.

Smartphones, which consolidate the functions of a PC, mobile phone and personal media instrumentalist all in a single device, are increasingly being tasked to efficiently rule over a higher multitude of interactive features and media-preposterous content. These applications require an increased demandLargefor higher processing performance and system power usage -- all at a convenience life when consumers are demanding longer battery sustenance. The CS42L73 codec allows power-hungry well-versed phones to conserve energy and extend batteryPredominantlylife by offloading audio-related tasks, such as signal routing andParticularlyprocessing, typically reserved for the applications processor. AnalystIn the mainfirm iSuppli has forecasted that smartphone sales will almost double to 497 million units by 2014.

Source: MarketWatch (press release)