Milestone shipment of 100 million chips to set-top box industry
Teridian Semiconductor Corp. celebrated a major company milestone, the shipment of 100 million ICs into cable and satellite digital set-top boxes worldwide.
"Selling 100 million chips into set-top boxes is a significant achievement in the industry," said IdaRose Sylvester, senior research analyst for market research firm IDC's Semiconductor Group. "New, quickly expanding applications like IPTV are further driving the need for mixed signal semiconductor devices, providing more opportunity for companies."
"We're a broad incumbent player in this market, with an extensive offering," said Steve McClure, vice president of marketing for Teridian. "The bulk of our shipments have been going into digital cable and satellite set-top boxes, though now we're seeing our market expand into new high-growth areas such as secondary smart card slots for e-payment, IP set-top boxes, personal video recorders, next-generation terrestrial boxes supporting pay TV, and digital TVs with integrated STB functions."
McClure continued, "We're thrilled about reaching such a significant milestone, and plan to continue driving this industry forward with an stategic roadmap to extend intelligent integration within multi-media systems. Part of that strategy includes unveiling a new modem-related IC later this quarter."
