Rockwell Cable Modem
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, which has long believed that the future of Internet access is through a telephone line, is getting into the cable modem business.
The Newport Beach electronics manufacturer unveiled a line of cable modem chip sets last week. The chips, which will be used inside cable modems for the consumer retail market, will be available early next year, said Jay Kshatri, director of broad-band modems.
“We already have a very large customer base with our telephone modems. We want to expand into other communication products,†Kshatri said. “Cable modems are going to be the next generation of high-bandwidth communication products. We plan on playing a big part in that business.â€
This expansion move is linked with parent Rockwell International Corp.’s acquisition in May of the wireless video and data transmission chip business of San Diego-based ComStream Corp. The company’s Hi-Media division, which Rockwell bought for $50 million in cash, supplied the digital transmission integrated circuits for more than half the TV-top controller boxes for direct broadcast satellite systems in the United States.
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P.J. Huffstutter covers high technology for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7830 and at [email protected].
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