Actions Semiconductor
Encyclopedia
Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a system-on-a-chip
company based in Guangdong
, China. Actions develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs for digital audio players and photo viewers.
S1 MP3 player
s use chipsets designed by Actions.
At one point in time, Actions was sued by Sigmatel with Sigmatel prevailing. Finding were that Actions infringed upon Sigmatel by directly coping the ASICs designed by Sigmatel. Once a world leader in the MP3 ASIC market. Sigmatel later was sold to Freescale Semiconductor due to losing market share.
System-on-a-chip
A system on a chip or system on chip is an integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single chip. It may contain digital, analog, mixed-signal, and often radio-frequency functions—all on a single chip substrate...
company based in Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, China. Actions develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs for digital audio players and photo viewers.
S1 MP3 player
S1 MP3 Player
S1 MP3 players are a type of digital audio players based on many different kinds of chipsets. The popular ones include Actions and ALI chipsets...
s use chipsets designed by Actions.
At one point in time, Actions was sued by Sigmatel with Sigmatel prevailing. Finding were that Actions infringed upon Sigmatel by directly coping the ASICs designed by Sigmatel. Once a world leader in the MP3 ASIC market. Sigmatel later was sold to Freescale Semiconductor due to losing market share.
External links
- Actions Semiconductor company website
- S1MP3 website - contains end-user guides and information about firmware for S1 MP3 Players