Designed in the late 1980s, digital audio broadcasting (DAB) technology is now coming up to potentially replace traditional analog forms of broadcast radio. Taiwan-headquartered IC design startup Future Waves proclaims one of its missions as capitalizing its management expertise in the semiconductor industry and in the mobile broadcast industry in order to timely develop next generation products for the digital broadcasting market, and DAB is a priority for the company. Several months ago, the company launched its first product, a single-chip receiver for DAB. DigiTimes.com recently an opportunity to talk to Glenn Vandevoorde, CEO of Future Waves. Last year, he stated that the company will develop a range of products for different digital broadcasting standards including DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handhelds), but our talk this time was mainly dedicated to DAB.