Here's the scoop: CableCard is literally a card that you pop into the back of your TV set so that you can get rid of your digital cable box and plug that coax directly into your digital TV (it's sort of like how you can use analog cable on a cable-ready analog TV without a cable box).
With software synthesizers, the Mac can mimic anything from a vintage analog synthesizer to a grand piano to a cello.
The two companies will begin the work to integrate National as a unit of TI's Analog business, which will have a combined portfolio of nearly 45, 000 analog products, strong customer design tools, and a sales force that is 10 times larger than National's previous footprint.
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Sehat and Pantas planned to design a fast analog chip but needed a market.
The unit receives a video signal from analog cable or a broadcast antenna and rescales the image to be compatible with high-resolution monitors.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed the DTV Delay Act, which postpones the deadline to switch from an analog to a digital signal to June 12 from Feb. 17.
It uses a technology called PurePath Digital to amplify the ones and zeros of an audio stream without having to convert it to analog (a process that can introduce noise).
There's a certain cachet to being an analog soul in a digital world, Horchow said.
The most highly valued of our semiconductor picks, Xilinx, sells at a 25% premium, and Analog Devices carries a premium of just 12%.
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The idea of this Vivo X1 is that BBK wants to take audio very seriously on its new flagship phone, which is why it's been given a Cirrus Logic CS4398 digital-analog converter plus a CS8422 sample-rate converter -- a combo that's seemingly popular amongst Hi-Fi connoisseurs and manufacturers.
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"In a digital age, we are using analog technology from a legal standpoint, " Hatch said.
The digital operation provides a solid click on controls, whereas the analog operation offers a smooth, gliding feeling.
Digital broadcasting first arrived in the U.S. four years ago, federally mandated as the successor to a fuzzy analog system developed more than half a century ago.
However, for those who demand yet better sound along with convenience, we've included a set of analog inputs for connecting directly to a TV or other entertainment device.
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Meanwhile, chipmakers now can integrate all the old analog components of a radio with silicon, obliterating their cost and size.
The controller features dual analog sticks, a d-pad, face buttons and shoulder bumpers for a console-style control experience on Android devices.
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It is also hopelessly outdated, an analog operation in a digital world.
The majority of analysts (60%) rate Analog Devices as a buy.
The ability to link via Bluetooth to this Xbox-style gamepad with dual analog sticks and a myriad of buttons allows for more complex, console-style games on the-go.
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If you were looking for a Kayak analog, it might actually be privately held Hipmunk, which has a super cool graphic interface that aggregates travel information from multiple sites.
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They have been headed in that direction for several years--in 2006, digital sets will outsell analog sets at a ratio by a two-to-one ratio, the Consumer Electronics Association estimates--but the new law will accelerate that trend.
This analog Android packs a Froyo-powered 806MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, front and rear 5 megapixel and 0.3 megapixel cameras, respectively, a 3.5 inch 320 x 480 touchscreen, and a whole mess of standard GPS, Bluetooth, and 3G radios.
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The PlayPad is a travel-sized tablet controller with dual analog sliders, and includes a collapsible tablet stand and carrying case for console-like precision gaming on the go.
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Since a substantial portion of subscriber losses was concentrated in the analog base, we expect a better future for the company as it approaches complete digital transition.
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In this case, it refers to taking a series of tiny snapshots of the analog audio to be converted into a digital number.
At stake is a premium slice of 700 MHz bandwidth that is being freed up as analog TV stations transition to a digital format.
But the analog world is one of shortages, because there is a shortage of great analog engineers in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Those charges are funneled en masse through a single analog-to-digital converter, which outputs each pixel's value in ones and zeros.
This means a single analog input of the microcontroller is shared among all the input channels (except the 3-axis accelerometer).
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AngelList has changed the early stage funding scene, bringing online efficiency to what was a decidedly analog process of raising angel funding.
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