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Article: Teridian Recognized for Satellite Set-Top Box Chips
- Article from:
- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 12, 2008
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TECHNOLOGY
Irvine chipmaker Teridian Semiconductor Corp. has the best chips that go into satellite set-top boxes-at least for this year.
Global consultant Frost & Sullivan recognized Teridian as the emerging company of the year for the chip making category.
The privately held company has about 75 workers here. It doesn't disclose sales-the Business Journal estimates it did roughly $150 million last year.
Teridian makes what's known as mixed-signal chips, which convert analog signals into digital ones so they can communicate with processor chips-the brains of a device.
It sells what are called ...