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9/30/2005
STMicroelectronics Ships More Than 10 Million XM Satellite Radio Baseband Decoders to Radio ManufacturersSTMicroelectronics | XM Satellite Radio | Delphi Technologies INC. | Pioneer |
STMicroelectronics announced today that the Company has now shipped approximately ten and half
million XM Satellite Radio baseband decoders to XM's radio manufacturers.
These System-on-Chip (SoC) products integrate all the specific functions
needed to manufacture an XM Radio receiver. The 10.5 million XM Radio decoders
have been delivered to equipment manufacturers including Delphi and Pioneer,
for vehicle, portable, and home radio receivers.
Shipments of the first XM baseband decoders began in the second half of
2001, when the function was integrated into two custom devices (a channel
decoder and source decoder) in a 0.25-micron process technology. Around 2.5
million of these kits were delivered followed by nearly 4 million kits in
0.18-micron technology. And for more than a year now, ST has been shipping the
single-chip XM baseband decoder, a monolithic device based upon a 0.13-micron
process. This product recently passed the remarkable target of 4 million units
shipped.
"This milestone is very important for both STMicroelectronics and XM, and
it indicates strong demand throughout the supply chain for XM's digital
satellite radio service," said Ugo Carena, ST Corporate VP and General Manager
of ST's Automotive Products Group. "As the sole supplier of XM Baseband
Decoders, right from the very beginning, ST is proud to be part of this highly
successful business, and will continue its strong contribution to XM's
outstanding growth by extending its portfolio of products dedicated to XM
receivers, including a monolithic front-end IC and a multifunction system
microcontroller."
"STMicroelectronics has been a strong supporter of XM Radio with its on-
time shipments of huge quantities of world-class quality chips," said XM
President and CEO Hugh Panero. "This has been a critical factor in XM radio
receivers becoming the huge success that they are today."
ST is now starting deliveries of an innovative 'System-in Package' based
product using the Company's core know-how in both logic -- and radio-frequency
-- based technologies. This combination allows ST to condense the complex
functions of the XM receiver into highly integrated components, which strongly
contributes to the reduction of size and cost of the end-user radios.
