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Broadcom introduces new single-chip BluRay/HD chipset
Broadcom (Irvine, Calif.) originally introduced a high-definition (HD) audio/video decoder chip supporting both formats in January. But the company's latest device, BCM7440, integrates significantly more functionality, according to the company, including a pair of MIPS cores, a multi-stream HD video decoder, dedicated graphics engines, DSP-based audio processors, a security processor, DDR2 interfaces, integrated video and audio outputs and an array of system and network connectivity interfaces.
Broadcom is one of the few manufacturers producing chipsets for both BluRay and HD, and is the first manufacturer to develop a single chip that supports both.
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Would someone out there please explain this sentence? And I quote "This will definitely give them a leg up when it comes to retail because most people would prefer to buy a single device then to have to slap two into one machine." It may be too late for me or I may be too late in life for it but I just don't understand what they are saying.
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It sounds like the phrase "most people" refers to the manufacturers who can save on the number of chips put into the player. Or perhaps he's trying to say that a combo drive is possible, so only one drive instead of two can be in the player. But you're right, it's very poorly worded
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Sounds like a good solution to this format war.
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