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XCEIVE® PARTNERS WITH JAZZ SEMICONDUCTOR TO DELIVER HIGHEST
PERFORMANCE
RF-TO-BASEBAND SILICON TV TUNERS
Jazz Advanced Analog/RF Process Technology Used for Performance
Breakthroughs in
Xceive’s One-Design-Fits-All-TV-Standards Single-Chip TV Tuner
SANTA CLARA and NEWPORT BEACH, California, January 5, 2005
-- Xceive® Corporation, a leading-edge developer of RF-to-baseband
receiver ICs, today announced it has selected Jazz Semiconductor
as its foundry partner for its family of highly integrated RF-to-baseband
silicon TV tuners. Xceive used Jazz Semiconductor’s proven,
high volume silicon germanium BiCMOS (SiGe BiCMOS) process to make
the smallest, high performance RF-to-baseband TV tuner on the market
with breakthroughs in video quality and a high video signal to noise
ratio.
Xceive’s single-chip silicon tuner replaces the traditional
double conversion can tuners. The new Xceive single chip tuner provides
a more reliable production environment, a higher level of integration,
better video and audio performance, lower power consumption and
up to ten times faster channel scanning than traditional conversion
can tuners. While a channel scan could take as long as three minutes
in a traditional can tuner system, the same task can be performed
in only three seconds with Xceive’s tuner; a significant difference
when trying to acquire channels for both digital and analog TV broadcasts.
Xceive offers two, single-chip, 7 X 7 mm, 48-pin MLF packaged, TV
tuners manufactured on Jazz’s silicon germanium semiconductor
process: the Xceive XC2028™ and the Xceive XC3028™. Due
to Jazz’s leading-edge process, the XC3028 achieves the highest
level of integration on the market and uniquely combines all analog
and all digital TV standards in one tuner IC, while the XC2028 handles
all analog TV standards. Xceive’s QuickTune™ tuner ICs
enable manufacturers to come quickly to market and offer higher
quality, faster performance, and smaller form factor designs. With
a universal TV standards-architecture, Xceive’s RF-to-baseband
TV tuner ICs eliminate the need for OEMs to maintain multiple tuner
inventories to service a global market.
"The combination of Jazz’s advanced 0.18 BiCMOS process
with Xceive’s high-performance silicon germanium tuner design,
allows us to bring to market the industry’s first universal,
highly integrated RF-to-baseband TV tuner for OEMs worldwide,"
said Jordan Du Val, vice president of sales and marketing, Xceive
Corporation. "Xceive’s all-standards single-chip TV tuner
ICs, manufactured on Jazz’s silicon germanium process, enable
unprecedented size reduction and outstanding performance for advanced
TV applications in a wide range of form factors - from mini-PCI
cards and USB dongles to high-definition plasma TVs."
The concept of TV anywhere is becoming more prevalent as the sophistication
of electronics significantly increases with products such as advanced
TVs and PCTVs. Xceive’s single-chip silicon RF-to-baseband
TV tuner can receive television signals in any consumer electronics
device, anywhere in the world, regardless of the local standards
requirement.
"Our SiGe BiCMOS process technology and design platform is
well-suited to address the rapidly growing silicon TV tuner market
and is designed to enable customers like Xceive to manufacture high
performance, cost effective devices," said Paul Kempf, Jazz
Semiconductor chief technology and marketing officer. "We look
forward to maintaining our successful partnership with Xceive as
they continue their leadership in delivering unique applications
to the marketplace."
About Xceive® Corporation Venture-backed Xceive®
Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, enables fast, high-quality
TV signal reception in any consumer electronics device worldwide.
First to market with a one-design-fits-all-TV-standards analog and
digital single chip design, Xceive’s QuickTune™ RF-to-baseband
single IC (integrated circuit) TV tuners provide superior performance,
low power, and smaller form factor for the development of advanced
TV and PCTV applications. Xceive’s universal RF-to-baseband
analog and breakthrough RF-to-baseband analog and digital TV tuner
ICs eliminate the need for OEMs to maintain multiple inventories
in order to service a global market. Visit www.xceive.com
for more information.
About Jazz Semiconductor Jazz Semiconductor is an independent
wafer foundry focused primarily on specialty CMOS process technologies,
including SiGe BiCMOS and RFCMOS for the manufacture of highly integrated
analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Jazz’s executive
offices and its U.S. wafer fabrication facilities are located in
Newport Beach, California. Jazz has expanded its wafer capacity
in China through manufacturing partnerships with Advanced Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation and Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd.
Contact Jazz Semiconductor at www.jazzsemi.com.
Xceive Contact
Jordan Du Val, VP Sales & Marketing
(408) 486-5610 x1104
jordan@xceive.com
Xceive Media Contact
Maxine Bingham
(408) 564-6408 or (408) 375-7702
maxine@agorapr.com
Jazz Contact
Jessica McNaughton
(949) 435-8086
jessica.mcnaughton@jazzsemi.com
Jazz Media Contact
Lauri Julian Lages & Associates
(949) 453-8080
lauri@lages.com
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