The set-top box (STB) is driving a digital revolution in home entertainment. It provides vibrant television along with email, web surfing, customized information such as stock quotes, weather and traffic updates, on-line shopping, and video-on-demand, right through a traditional television. With National Semiconductor Geode^TM technology, STB developers can build products offering the lowest power consumption for fanless, noiseless, "living-room-ready" operation. Powered by Geode^TM technology, STBs deliver high x86 performance at consumer-affordable price levels. In addition, National offers reference platforms and software as part of its complete STB solution.

Component Highlights

* Utopia-LVDS bridge - special reliability and bit-error rate features support 1.6 Gbps bi-directional data transfers in the ATM routing fabric and fabric interface.
* Digital temp sensors - used for protecting each line and trunking card, these devices are compatible with National hardware managers via SPI and Microwire interfaces.