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> -IR stack controller targets low-power handheld
> systems--
> Microchip Technology Inc. will use the Embedded Systems
> Conference (ESC) here to introduce a low-power infrared
> protocol stack controller. The MCP2140 introduced this
> week, along with Microchip's micro-power PIC16
> microcontroller, is targeted at digital still cameras,
> camcorders and pagers, according Keith Pazul, marketing
> manager for Microchip's Analog and Interface Products
> Division. Chandler, Ariz.-based Microchip said the
> market for short-distance wireless communicators,
> including PCs, mobile telephones and PDAs, will total
> 94.8 million units in 2003, growing to as much as 116
> million units in 2005, according to industry estimates.
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