Oki Electric Industry intros “world’s smallest MP3 chip”
Well, since smaller chip sizes seem to be in style nowadays with smaller and smaller phones, USB devices, etc, it only makes sense that someone introduces the world’s smallest MP3 chip. As if the new IPod Shuffle wasn’t small enough, Japan’s Oki Electric Industry wants to make it even smaller.
The company has recently announced that sample shipments of the “world’s smallest MP3 playback chip” were being sent to manufacturers of cellphones, PDAs, MP3 players (kind of obvious), and essentially anything in which MP3 playback can be stuck into. The tiny chip called ML2011 has an MP3 decoder and 650mW amplifier all stuffed into a 3.6mm by 4.2mm silicon wafer. While pricing details were kept under wraps, Oki plans to ramp up full scale production by December.
Well since MP3 players seem to be unstoppable in getting smaller, I might have to start hanging them from keychains or something.
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