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

Samsung Develops World's First Single Chip for ATSC Mobile Digital TV
Oct 16, 2009 – Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930) has announced that it has successfully developed the world's first single chip compatible with the newly approved North American mobile digital TV broadcasting standard.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, ATSC, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, USA

Vishay announces Small-Form-Factor, Multilayer Ceramic Chip Antennas for Mobile Devices
Oct 14, 2009 – Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE: VSH) has announced the industry's first high-performance multilayer ceramic chip antennas for mobile devices to cover the entire UHF band from 470 MHz to 860 MHz.
News categories: Vishay, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

MaxLinear Introduces Hybrid Digital/Analog Tuner for TV Applications
Oct 7, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced the MxL301RF, a new low-power hybrid digital/analog silicon tuner for the next generation of small and large screen television applications.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SiBEAM Second Generation Chipsets Accelerate WirelessHD Market Adoption
Oct 5, 2009 – SiBEAM has unveiled its second generation 60GHz chipsets based on the WirelessHD® specification at CEATEC Japan. The new chipsets serve to boost and simplify CE manufacturer accessibility and WirelessHD product development.
News categories: SiBEAM, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Intel Unveils 45nm System-on-Chip for Internet TV
Sep 24, 2009 – Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has unveiled the Intel® Atom™ processor CE4100, the newest System-on-Chip (SoC) in a family of media processors designed to bring Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players and advanced set-top boxes.
News categories: Intel Corp, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

SiTune Unveils New Series of Digital and Universal CMOS TV Tuners
Sep 23, 2009 – SiTune has announced its STN-10T2000 and STN-25T2000, respectively ZERO-IF and LOW-IF Tuners, that exceed A/74 performance specification for ATSC-MH while supporting other digital/analog terrestrial and Mobile TV standards requirements.
News categories: SiTune, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Samsung Announces New Single-Chip Front-End Receiver
Sep 22, 2009 – Samsung Electronics has unveiled the industry's first 65 nanometer (nm) channel decoder RF system-on-chip (SoC), the S3C4F71, targeted specifically at China's CMMB mobile TV broadcasting market.
News categories: Samsung, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

NEOTION introduces Secure Processor for CI Plus TV Modules
Sep 10, 2009 – Neotion has announced its NKE-1 single chip, an optimized combination of security, advanced CI Plus capabilities, and performance at a price point that is set to meet Operators' and Consumer Electronics needs in these challenging times.
News categories: Neotion, CI Plus, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

MaxLinear Delivers Industry's Highest Performance DVB-T Tuner/Demod SoC
Sep 10, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced the availability of its MxL1x1SF family, a tuner and demodulator system on chip (SoC) for DVB-T applications and hybrid multi-mode applications combining DVB-T & other analog/digital terrestrial TV & cable TV standards.
News categories: MaxLinear, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial