Court halts sale of Broadcom chip

[Scott Greczkowski]

Court halts sale of Broadcom chip

http://news.com.com/2100-1041-997447.html?tag=fd_top

I wonder if this inpacts and Dish Network products such as the Dish 721 or the Dish 6000 which I believe both use the Broadcom chipset. (I wonder if the 921 will also use the Broadcom chipset?)

[Ken_F]

If anyone wants to bother finding the court ruling in this case, we could see a list of those products affected.

The 921 uses many of the same Broadcom components as the 721; Tivos (Series2 and DVR2) also use Broadcom tuners.

[Ken_F]

Just an update...

The injunction impacts (http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20030417S0045) the Broadcom BCM3415 silicon tuner chip and reference boards that use that chip. It looks like Broadcom removed the BCM3415 product page from their web site, but a search of their press releases indicates that this chip was used primarily in older digital cable boxes and cable modems.