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In 2001, Mitel sold both its PBX business division and corporate name. The remaining part of the original company was then renamed Zarlink Semiconductor.
produces PLLs (e.g. [[ZL10036]], [[ZL10038]]) and Demods (e.g. [[MT312]], [[MT352]], [[ZL10312]], [[ZL10313]], [[ZL10353]]) and some chips formerly sold by [[Mitel]].

Zarlink produced several tuner PLLs (e.g. [[ZL10036]], [[ZL10038]]) and [[Demodulator|demodulators]] (e.g. [[MT312]], [[MT352]], [[ZL10312]], [[ZL10313]], [[ZL10353]]), as well as some chips formerly sold under the [[Mitel]] banner, that are commonly found in DVB PC hardware.

The specifications for Zarlink ICs were usually freely available. Consequently, these chips are typically well supported under Linux.

In October 2005, Zarlink sold its RF Front-End (TV tuner and demodulator) technology business to Intel. See Intel digital home consumer entertainment platform for further details.


For all Zarlink demods and PLLs the specs are usually freely available, Linux driver support is usually only a matter of time if not already done. Visit the Zarlink Website to fetch Design Manuals and Datasheets.


== Links ==
== Links ==
* http://www.zarlink.com/
* [http://www.zarlink.com/ zarlink website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitel Wikipedia Mitel article]


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Revision as of 03:52, 21 April 2007

In 2001, Mitel sold both its PBX business division and corporate name. The remaining part of the original company was then renamed Zarlink Semiconductor.

Zarlink produced several tuner PLLs (e.g. ZL10036, ZL10038) and demodulators (e.g. MT312, MT352, ZL10312, ZL10313, ZL10353), as well as some chips formerly sold under the Mitel banner, that are commonly found in DVB PC hardware.

The specifications for Zarlink ICs were usually freely available. Consequently, these chips are typically well supported under Linux.

In October 2005, Zarlink sold its RF Front-End (TV tuner and demodulator) technology business to Intel. See Intel digital home consumer entertainment platform for further details.


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