MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Bell Labs has developed a single-chip digital signal processor that operates at 100 MHz using only 1 volt of power, the company said.
Typical system-on-a-chip technology combines on a single silicon chip a number of components that formerly had to be implemented on separate chips. Lucent’s new design will reduce costs, power consumption and size of integrated circuits, the company said.
Possible applications include enabling smaller and lighter cellular phones with extended battery life. The technology also could be instrumental in packet voice and data transport over wireless phones, higher-speed Internet surfing and video applications, Lucent said.
