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Do you find it interesting what you can know about a part just
from the package it uses?


The key issue is that Samsung has designed a smaller single chip
replacing the multi-chip set, which could not be used in portables
due to size and power consumption. Who cares what is inside if it
works as stated? It's not "rocket science" just consumer
electronics.

I looked at the Samsung web site and could find no reference to a
HD radio system on a chip. I could find several versions of an
analog radio on a chip and HDTV chips but no HD radio chips.

Eduardo is blowing smoke.

Here you have several of broadcasting's top executives talking about
the chip and its effects:

http://radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.as...&pt=todaysnews

The chip is announced, shipping in demo quantities and available for bulk
shipment in Q2.

The following two quotes from the link were all I could find in the
article about "chips." Please excuse the quotes within quotes.

"Asked about HD Radio and its traction with consumers, Smulyan said
adoption is going to take time. "There are a billion radios in the
United States today," he said. "We're not going to replace a billion
radios in a week and a half." Mason agreed, saying, "If you look and see
how quickly this curve is coming, it is remarkable." He said the real
discussion will be about HD chips and the distribution channels that
will open up when the chips appear in iPods, cell phones, and other
devices."

"Another questioner asked if there's any industry group working with
consumer electronics manufacturers on getting radio tuners into devices,
and Smulyan responded, "The answer is yes. The HD [Digital Radio]
Alliance is working on it." "

So this adds up to nothing. These are just nebulous statements that are
promises with no specifics of any kind. No names, no dates, no devices
(chips), no products, and the last sentence in the first quote states
that the discussion on new devices (chips) has yet to take place.

All this is, is promotional talk. Smoke and mirrors. It's a dream. It
could amount to something in the future but to date ZERO.

Zero? Damn, that's just how many QSL's 'Eduardo has! Mind you, he does *claim* to
have 2200 of them...

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