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

SiTune Unveils Low Power Single-Die Dual/Diversity Terrestrial/Cable/Analog CMOS TV Tuner
Aug 22, 2011 – SiTune has announced a low power, low cost Dual TV Tuner for terrestrial and cable applications. The STN55T4800 is a low power hybrid tuner that is sampling now with several design-wins among manufacturers of TVs and set-top boxes
News categories: SiTune, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Trident Unveils the World's First Integrated 240 Hz Digital TV SoC for Android-Based Smart Televisions
Aug 17, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has announced its new Fusion HiDTV family of DTV system-on-chips (SoCs) designed for the next generation of Smart-TVs with 200/240Hz video frame rate capabilities running on the Android platform.
News categories: Trident Micro, Digital TV, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

ViXS Announces Highly Integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance, MoCA®, System on Chip Solutions
Aug 11, 2011 – ViXS Systems has announced the XC1020, an optimized MoCA 1.1 Ethernet over Coax Bridge (ECB) solution to create whole home networking over existing coax in the home.
News categories: ViXS Systems, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Renesas Expands EMMA Family with Set-Top Box SoCs Supporting 3D and Internet-Based Content
Jun 21, 2011 – Renesas (TSE: 6723) has announced the availability of a new SoC for set-top boxes (STBs), the EMMA™3SE/P, that supports worldwide digital TV broadcast video standards and a variety of video formats required to play internet-based content.
News categories: Renesas, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

ViXS Announces the First Network Media Processor with Quad Transcoding and Integrated MoCA®
Jun 15, 2011 – ViXS Systems has announced the XCode® 5195, the first network media processor, with quad transcoding and an integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) networking functionality.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Zoran Introduces Optimized Interactive IP Set-Top Products for Service Operators
Jun 14, 2011 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) is demonstrating a new platform optimized for high definition interactive IP set-top box systems at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) Show.
News categories: Zoran, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Pioneers Breakthrough in Digital Cable Tuner Design
Jun 13, 2011 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the industry's first 1GHz Full-Band Capture digital tuning technology integrated in three new 40nm hybrid IP cable set-top box (STB) and DOCSIS 3.0 gateway SoC solutions.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Panasonic Develops New UniPhier® System LSI for Smart TVs with Industry's Fastest CPU
Jun 8, 2011 – Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) has developed a new UniPhier® system LSI (MN2WS0220) for smart TVs. The system LSI has both a high quality AV processor and a high speed CPU on a single chip.
News categories: Panasonic, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

MIPS Technologies and SiS Continue to Drive Android™ Into the Digital Home
May 31, 2011 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) and Taiwan's Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) have announced that they have collaborated to deliver an optimized Android solution on SiS' new MIPS-Based™ integrated internet TV platform, which is available now.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Silicon Integrated Systems, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming