31 Mar 09 ST-Ericsson Announced New Chip for Music Playback on the Phone

Ericsson partnered up with STMicroelectronics and the two allies have already come up with a new product. The next-generation STw52111 chip is a mobile audio chip which will double the music playback on your future music phone or MP3 player. The new digital-to-analog converter will let manufacturers build new devices capable of offering you the highest levels of audio quality and the longer playback time. The two companies have combined PTE or Playback Time Extender with a technology with “102dB signal-to-noise ratio through the whole audio path”. The STw5211 will have the following features:

• 66dB THD (Total harmonic distortion)
• 8 to 192kHz sample rate conversion
• 32kHz RTC clock-only operationSystem clock generator
• 2.6 x 2.6mm footprint (only few external components required)

The chip will be available in April for inspections and testing and it will go into massive production in August. Are we going to see new Walkman handsets from Sony Ericsson equipped with the technology? What about new MP3s?

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