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Cirrus-ly Powerful Chips Boost Windows Media Audio
News Tuesday's joint announcement by Microsoft and Cirrus Logic to further develop next-generation portable music devices will inevitably fuel more debate into the benefits of Windows Media Audio (WMA) over the more pervasive MP3 format.
[September 29, 1999, 11:17]
I2 Takes Off; Redback Posts First Profit
News Cirrus Logic managed to sneak past analysts' estimates in its third quarter Wednesday, earning $6m, or 5 cents a share, on sales of $150.8m. Including charges and gains including a $34.3m profit from the sale of Phone.com shares, Cirrus Logic...
[January 20, 2000, 12:29]
Cirrus Lowers MP3 Player Cost
News Cirrus Logic has launched an audio processor which it says will allow manufacturers to sell MP3 music players for under $50 (about £32), taking them into a price range that more traditional portable music devices have long occupied.
[July 30, 2002, 15:54]
Cirrus To Develop Secure Net Audio Chip
News Cirrus Logic and InterTrust have teamed up to produce the world's first secure system-on-a-chip for digital audio players. The new chip, which will be added to Cirrus' Maverick line of Internet audio processors, will incorporate InterTrust's...
[November 17, 1999, 14:28]
News Burst: Cirrus-ly Powerful Audio Chips
News Today's joint announcement from Microsoft and Cirrus Logic to further develop next-generation portable music devices will inevitably fuel more debate over the benefits of Windows Media audio (WMA) over MP3.
[September 28, 1999, 11:23]
Cirrus Demoes AGP On Memphis OS
News Yesterday at the Meltdown '97 exhibition in Fremont, California Cirrus Logic demonstrated what is likely to be the next generation of desktop PC video technology running on a pre-release version of Microsoft's 'Memphis' Windows 9x operating system.
[March 6, 1997, 10:14]
Interactive DVD Format Gets Broad Support
News Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Disney's distribution arm), New Line Home Entertainment, and Warner Home Video have all signed up to support Enhanced DVD, while LSI Logic and Cirrus Logic both announced chips supporting the technology.
[September 26, 2002, 16:19]
Cirrus Puts Bluetooth In Audio Devices
News Cirrus Logic, which has as large share of the market for digital audio players and other portable consumer electronics, says it will begin building Bluetooth into its popular Maverick embedded processor.
[May 31, 2001, 8:38]
A Year Ago: Cirrus Ships First AGP 3D Chips
News It is the first part of Cirrus Logic's Laguna3D family of AGP-enabled 2D and 3D products and will cost OEMs $29.50 (£18) a unit in quantities of 10,000. Cirrus Logic was unavailable for comment. Cirrus Logic can be contacted by telephone on 01727...
[February 17, 1998, 6:00]
Cirrus Deal Gives MS Audio Needed Boost
News But times are changing and with Tuesday's Cirrus Logic announcement Arkwright reckons Microsoft's moves to garner processor support for MS Audio in portable players "could lead to some amount of domination".
[September 28, 1999, 16:28]
Microsoft To Slip Audio Format Into DVD Chips
News Microsoft said that, over the next year, chipmakers Cirrus Logic, ESS Technology, LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics and Zoran will add support for Windows Media audio and video. Aiming to push its Windows Media technology deeper into consumer...
[December 11, 2001, 10:22]
Prices For MP3 Players To Drop
News Cirrus Logic on Wednesday announced a new chip that could cut the price for Flash-based digital music players to less than £70. The Maverick EP7409 processor, which will be available in full production quantities late this year, integrates many...
[June 28, 2001, 14:41]
Comdex: Cirrus Shows Sub-$1K PC Blueprint
News The design uses a sealed case and Cirrus's CrystalClear audio, FastPath telephony and Laguna3D graphics. Separately, Cirrus showed VGA-to-TV encoders also aimed at the market for Windows 98 low-cost systems.
[November 21, 1997, 9:37]
Internet-Based Remote Control Using A Microcontroller And An Embedded Ethernet Board
White Papers The experiment consists of two primary elements communicating with each other: a server consisting of a low-cost microcontroller, Parallax's 40-pin Basic Stamp 2 (BS2P40), interfaced with an embedded ethernet IC, Cirrus Logic's Crystal CS8900A...
[July 10, 2008, 0:44]
ATI Nonplussed By Intel, Plans Low-cost Chip
News They have the fabs and the manufacturing and will definitely impact the graphics business overall, but I think companies like S3, Matrox and Cirrus Logic are more vulnerable. Cirrus has already gone into maintenance mode on 3D and is looking more...
[February 13, 1998, 10:42]
Trident Spears 3D, DVD, AGP On A Chip
News This is several times faster than the competition from Cirrus Logic, ATI and S3. Trident Microsystems has joined the 3D graphics fray with a two-pronged attack which the US company hopes will also spear it a chunk of the emerging digital versatile...
[November 29, 1996, 16:05]
Exclusive: First Look At The Geofox One E-mail Appliance
News The internal Cirrus Logic-built ARM-7 processor and the EPOC-32 operating software are both standard, tested products; but our review sample had bugs. The idea of a 'pocket e-mail machine' is brilliant, and the Geofox One is designed as exactly that.
[November 14, 1997, 11:59]
Communicator (2) - Never Use A PC Again
News I needed to find the Cirrus Logic site the other day and I could, very easily. It's like babies who learn speech and then learn to write. With telephones, people could communicate with speech; now they can write.
[August 13, 1996, 16:27]
Psion Forges Ahead With Palmtop OS Licensing Plan
News Psion Software already has a host of hardware subassembly partners in place - including ARM, Digital and Cirrus Logic - with the aim of building a family of ready-made platforms for system makers, although it has yet to name vendors who will build...
[July 16, 1996, 12:46]
Real Relaunches As Entertainment Portal
News Last week it partnered with MusicMatch to distribute and market digital audio and also inked a hardware developing agreement with Cirrus Logic . RealNetworks on Monday re-launched its site as the Real.com Network, a portal for audio and video content.
[November 8, 1999, 13:58]
