ICs (Integrated Circuits), Chips, SoCs, Semiconductor Products News

Renesas Electronics Introduces Two New DTV and Set-Top Box SoCs
July 15th, 2010
Renesas (TSE: 6723) has announced the availability of two system-on-chips (SoCs) for digital TVs, set top boxes, and digital broadcast receiver modules. The EMMA™3TJ and the EMMA3TS specifically target the DTT markets of Japan and South America.

Silicon Labs Introduces Industry’s First Single-Chip Multimedia Digital TV Demodulator
June 16th, 2010
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) has introduced the industry’s first digital TV demodulator that combines satellite, terrestrial and cable digital video broadcast (DVB) functions in one highly integrated device.

Revolutionary Powerline Communications Technology With MIMO Announced by Sigma Designs
June 11th, 2010
Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that it is the first company to deliver MIMO features over power line communications chipsets. MIMO delivers up to twice the performance of existing power line solutions when used with G.hn.

SiS Launches Internet iTV Platform based on Google Android 2.0
June 1st, 2010
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has unveiled a new internet-video HDTV processor, SiS365 iTV supporting the web-browsing and variously customized widgets based on Google Android 2.0 OS.

Sigma Designs Doubles Blu-Ray Media Processor Performance
June 1st, 2010
Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the availability of its SMP8646 media processor SoC. Designed for networked Blu-ray devices, the chipset enables the latest consumer experiences including 3D video, Flash video, Android and OTT services.

Sigma Designs Announces New 3D Graphics-Enabled Media Processor and Celrun Set-Top Box Design Win
June 1st, 2010
Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the availability of its SMP8656 media processor SoC targeted at higher performance IPTV set-top boxes and Digital Media Players. Celrun (Seoul: 013240) is launching a new line of advanced STBs based on the SMP8656.

Cavium Networks Announces PureVu™ Video Processor Family Enabling Whole-Home Wireless Display
May 31st, 2010
Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) has announced the availability of its CNW56XX video processor family. Cavium's PureVu line of processors with H.264 compression technology enables wireless display over 802.11 WiFi at high volume consumer price points.

Marvell Introduces ‘3D by Marvell’
May 31st, 2010
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) has introduced '3D by Marvell', support for 3D Blu-ray playback integrated in the ARMADA™ 1000 High Definition (HD) Media Processor System-on-a-Chip (SoC).

DiBcom to Launch DVB-T and ISDB-T Tuner-Demodulator SoCs for TV Receivers
May 31st, 2010
DiBcom has unveiled its 2 new tuner-demodulator System on Chip (SoC) for DVB-T and ISDB-T full-seg, offering digital TV high performance technology for portable or fixed reception. Set top boxes, TV sets or PCTV can be addressed by the components.

Maxim extends silicon tuner family with the MAX2136
May 20th, 2010
Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX2136, a DTT tuner for ISDB-T and DVB-T applications. Combining low power consumption with excellent performance, the device achieves a low noise figure of 3.8dB while only consuming 210mW.