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Microtune’s Dedicated DOCSIS® 3.0 Wideband Tuner Breaks the 160 Mbps Barrier in Cable Modems

polszewski — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:28:08 +0000

Microtune’s Dedicated DOCSIS(R) 3.0 Wideband Tuner Breaks the 160 Mbps Barrier in Cable Modems

The MT2170 tuner offers the equivalent functionality of four DOCSIS 2.0 digital tuners in a highly integrated miniature package, shrinking the tuner footprint and reducing the power consumption by approximately 75% compared to pre-DOCSIS 3.0 multi-tuner solutions. Equally important, the MT2170 significantly reduces the radio frequency (RF) bill of materials costs.

o Microtune’s new DOCSIS 3.0 tuner enables a wider (100 MHz) and faster (160 Mbps) pipeline into the home, dramatically increasing cable modem transmission speeds and flexibility

o New tuner offers the equivalent functionality of four DOCSIS 2.0 tuners, shrinking RF footprint by 75%, cutting power consumption by 75% and significantly reducing BOM costs for DOCSIS 3.0 cable equipment manufacturers

When integrated into cable modems or video-over-IP set-top boxes, the MT2170 delivers speeds greater than 160 Mbps. This enhanced throughput will permit cable operators to cost-effectively offer bandwidth-intensive digital services today, to position their products for integrated service innovations in the future, and to aggressively compete with high-powered fiber-to-the-home networks. Cable premise equipment can be designed to support fast high-definition video downloads, video file exchanges, time-shifted and place-shifted video, Internet-Protocol (IP) voice and interactive on-line gaming.

PLANO, Texas–March 12, 2007–Leveraging both its experience and expertise as a leading silicon tuner supplier to the cable market, Microtune®, Inc. (Nasdaq:TUNE) today introduced the MicroTuner(TM) MT2170, the industry’s first 1-gigahertz (GHz) input tuner based on the new CableLabs® DOCSIS® 3.0 specification. Microtune’s new tuner chip is engineered to deliver the impressive data speeds (greater than 160 Mbps) and wider bandwidth (100 MHz) demanded by cable equipment manufacturers for an easy, reliable, and cost-effective way to implement DOCSIS 3.0.

The MT2170 is the first in a new generation of Microtune products to support the DOCSIS 3.0 industry specifications. In the cable modem, the tuner functions as a ‘gateway’ component; it receives and tunes the signals, embedded with data and/or voice, delivered over the cable network to the subscriber.

source: thomasnet.com

NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS

polszewski — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:29:11 +0000

It is not unusual for Microtune to announce new products of this kind, and the announcement of this product, or any other product, should not be viewed as an indicator of Microtune revenues for any current or future reporting period. The market for DOCSIS 3.0 solutions may develop more slowly than currently anticipated. There can be no assurance that Microtune’s DOCSIS 3.0 or other products will continue to be selected by manufacturers in the future to support their cable products. All statements regarding the performance of Microtune products in this release and their performance relative to other products reflect management’s belief as of the date of this release only.

source: corporate-ir.net

New Wideband Upstream Amplifier Completes Microtune’s DOCSIS(R) 3.0 RF Solution Offering

polszewski — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:21:10 +0000

PLANO, Texas, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — –Combination of Wideband and Narrowband RF Technology Enables Downstream/Upstream Channel Solutions of Four-by-Four, Eight-by-Four, or Larger for Scalable DOCSIS 3.0 Services

Microtune(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:TUNE) today introduced the MT1570 wideband upstream amplifier, the latest addition to the Company’s portfolio of radio frequency (RF) silicon products supporting the cable industry’s new DOCSIS(R) 3.0 specification. A companion product to Microtune’s DOCSIS(R) wideband and narrowband tuners, the new MT1570 upstream amplifier enables an impressive 120-Mbps upstream pipeline, significantly increasing performance, data rate and reliability for bandwidth-intensive DOCSIS 3.0 services.

The tuner and amplifier constitute the two-way RF gateway for DOCSIS 3.0 downstream and upstream channel-bonded communications. By providing a cost-effective solution for bonding together four upstream channels, the MT1570 completes Microtune’s DOCSIS 3.0 front-end product offering. With its tuner and amplifier portfolio, the Company offers the only one-stop, all-silicon DOCSIS 3.0 RF solutions in production today.

source: corporate-ir.ne