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Brooktree Corporation, founded in 1983, was an American semiconductor company that specialized in the design of digital-to-analog converters intended for video applications. Two chips of particular note were the [[BT848]] and [[BT878]] [[PCI interface chipset|PCI interface chipsets]].
Designed the [[BT848]] and [[BT878]] [[PCI interface chipset]]s. Now owned by [[Conexant Systems, Inc.]].

Brooktree was purchased by Rockwell Semiconductors, a division of Rockwell International, in September 1996. In January 1999, Rockwell spun off its semiconductor division, with the resultant independent entity launching as [[Conexant Systems, Inc.]].




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Revision as of 02:45, 29 August 2007

Brooktree Corporation, founded in 1983, was an American semiconductor company that specialized in the design of digital-to-analog converters intended for video applications. Two chips of particular note were the BT848 and BT878 PCI interface chipsets.

Brooktree was purchased by Rockwell Semiconductors, a division of Rockwell International, in September 1996. In January 1999, Rockwell spun off its semiconductor division, with the resultant independent entity launching as Conexant Systems, Inc..