OKI Electric Industry reportedly has become first in the industry to add a carrier-grade wideband codec conversion function to its session border controller (SBC) “CenterStage NX3200.” Compatible with ...

The term codec describes the function of encoding and decoding audio to pass through a defined data path. In radio, this term carries a more specific meaning to include the system used to send and ...

Unterpremstaetten, Austria — austriamicrosystems has expanded its audio front-end portfolio with a fourth-generation device that is said to deliver half the power consumption at twice the performance.

Developed for LCD-based handheld applications, the UCB1400 is an advanced mixed-signal audio codec chip. With a small form factor, it suits battery-powered devices, including PDAs, handheld PCs, ...

The author is vice president of sales for the Americas at Tieline. Read more about trends in codecs in a Radio World ebook on the subject. These days, most engineers understand the benefits of ...

A carefully planned balance between functions done in hardware and those executed in software is the trick to achieving a flexible and cost-effective audio-video codec cell well-suited for consumer ...