SpectraLinear
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Growth in timing circuits is driven by very strong industry trends. In circumstances where there are multiple crystal oscillators and/or EMI problems, timing circuits often provide cost effective, better performance alternatives to the existing legacy solutions. Industry forces behind this evolution can be summarized as follows:
- Increased complexity of end user systems often requires multiple, crystal oscillators. Our timing circuits offer cost and performance advantages in replacing them.
- Increases in peripheral functions require not only multiple frequencies and hence, crystals, but also additional drive and fan-out capability. Again our timing circuits offer system level cost/performance advantages.
- Increase in system complexity, speed, and functionality make systems subject to EMI problems, which can be solved with cost effective embedded and/or stand-alone EMI reduction timing circuits which were pioneered by SpectraLinear founders and management.
- Conversion of traditional analog systems to digital such as DTV, HDTV, DVD, DSC, STB, camcorders, and cable modems, create new multi crystal systems where timing circuits offer cost/performance and EMI reduction advantages.
SpectraLinear is committed to being a technology leader to capitalize on these trends and helping our customers bring cost effective state of the art solutions to their end markets on time every time.
Growth in timing circuits is driven by emerging and converging markets. Internet infrastructure growth proliferates expansion into the internet backbone and access/interface equipment such as hubs, routers, switches, framers, and cable/ADSL modems as well as network servers and storage systems. The emerging HDTV, DSC, set-top boxes, video games and cameras boosted by the conversion to digital technology, and convergence of consumer computer and communications applications, open new horizons for our timing circuit solutions.
The markets SpectraLinear timing circuits address is over 1 billion dollars. Only a handful of timing circuit suppliers are able to serve these markets. SpectraLinear is the largest pure play Timing Company in the world.
SpectraLinear’s best of class performance, high end technology, and design expertise, coupled with our close working relationship with industry leaders in these high growth markets result in pioneering products. Therefore, SpectraLinear is very well positioned to benefit from the changes and growth taking place in these new world markets and changes taking place in the competitive landscape.
Timing devices are the heart of electronic systems, and hence have an industry pervasive presence. SpectraLinear timing products address a wide variety of markets and applications that are listed below.
Computer Desktop, Notebook, Workstations, Servers
Computer Peripherals Monitors, Scanners, Copiers, Printers, and (MFP) MultiFunction Printers
Advanced Consumer HDTV, DVD, DSC, Camcorders, STB, Videogames
Communications Switches, Routers, Hubs, Servers, Modems
Other Automotive, Gaming, Cash registers, other industrial applications
As the microprocessor is the brain, our clocks provide the heartbeat. We make the electronic systems work. We enable the enablers of emerging and high growth applications.