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Brooktree is an American company founded in 1983 by Henry Katzenstein
Henry Katzenstein

Henry Sour Katzenstein was an American physicist and entrepreneur. He founded a company called Brooktree in 1983 to commercialize a new architecture for Digital-to-analog converter that he developed....
 to commercialize his new architecture for digital to analog converters
Digital-to-analog converter

In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter is a device for converting a digital code to an analog signal .An analog-to-digital converter performs the reverse operation....
 that was 3-8 times better than the competition at the time.

Brooktree was bought by Rockwell Semiconductors in 1996, which became Conexant
Conexant

Conexant Systems Inc. is a publicly listed United States semiconductor company, which was formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International....
 in 1998.

Brooktree is well known for their PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect

The PCI Local Bus , or Conventional PCI, is a computer bus for attaching computer hardware in a computer. These devices can take either the form of an integrated circuit fitted onto the motherboard itself, called a planar device in the PCI specification or an expansion card that fits into a socket....
 video capture chipsets like the Bt848 and Bt878. These were frequently used by Hauppauge
Hauppauge Computer Works

Hauppauge Computer Works, or Hauppauge for short , is a United States manufacturer and marketer of electronic video hardware for personal computers....
.








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Brooktree is an American company founded in 1983 by Henry Katzenstein
Henry Katzenstein

Henry Sour Katzenstein was an American physicist and entrepreneur. He founded a company called Brooktree in 1983 to commercialize a new architecture for Digital-to-analog converter that he developed....
 to commercialize his new architecture for digital to analog converters
Digital-to-analog converter

In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter is a device for converting a digital code to an analog signal .An analog-to-digital converter performs the reverse operation....
 that was 3-8 times better than the competition at the time.

Brooktree was bought by Rockwell Semiconductors in 1996, which became Conexant
Conexant

Conexant Systems Inc. is a publicly listed United States semiconductor company, which was formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International....
 in 1998.

Brooktree is well known for their PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect

The PCI Local Bus , or Conventional PCI, is a computer bus for attaching computer hardware in a computer. These devices can take either the form of an integrated circuit fitted onto the motherboard itself, called a planar device in the PCI specification or an expansion card that fits into a socket....
 video capture chipsets like the Bt848 and Bt878. These were frequently used by Hauppauge
Hauppauge Computer Works

Hauppauge Computer Works, or Hauppauge for short , is a United States manufacturer and marketer of electronic video hardware for personal computers....
.

See also

  • Video capture card
  • Hauppauge Computer Works
    Hauppauge Computer Works

    Hauppauge Computer Works, or Hauppauge for short , is a United States manufacturer and marketer of electronic video hardware for personal computers....