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

Microtune's New Tuner Chip Brings High-Speed Digital TV to Automotive Entertainment
Dec 9, 2008 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has introduced a tuner chip for high-speed in-car TV. The MicroTuner MT2067 is a world-standard, automotive-grade TV tuner engineered to provide stable TV reception for passengers in vehicles traveling at speed.
News categories: Microtune, Automotive, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Samsung Selects Broadcom's Third Generation Blu-ray Chipset Solution to Power Blu-ray Products in Its 2009 Lineup
Dec 8, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its third generation Blu-ray chipset has been selected by Samsung to power products in its 2009 lineup of Blu-ray Disc® players and home theater systems.
News categories: Broadcom, Samsung, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Semiconductor

New NXP Platform Brings Viewing Experience of the Future to Mainstream Flat TVs Now
Dec 4, 2008 – NXP has unveiled a new global single-chip LCD TV platform. The TV550 platform features the PNX85500 processor and integrates NXP's proprietary Motion Accurate Picture Processing (MAPP2) technology.
News categories: NXP, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Fujitsu Launches SD Multi-Decoder LSI Supporting MPEG-2 & H.264
Nov 27, 2008 – Fujitsu Microelectronics has announced the launch of multi-decoder LSI (MB86H01) chips that support decoding of standard definition (SD) MPEG-2 and H.264 video, in particular for SD digital broadcasts in Russia, Eastern Europe and China.
News categories: Fujitsu, China, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Russia, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran Ships New HDTV Processor Family With Advanced Audio Processing and Color Management Capabilities
Nov 17, 2008 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its highly integrated SupraHD® 775 and SupraHD® 785 HDTV processors are shipping to qualified DTV manufacturers supplying the high-volume, cost-sensitive ATSC digital TV market in the U.S.
News categories: Zoran, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

austriamicrosystems chip enables DVD quality video and high definition audio at industry's lowest power consumption
Nov 6, 2008 – austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS) has announced an additional member of its new family of media player ICs, the AS3536, aimed at bridging the gap between the audio/video experience of multimedia players and home entertainment devices.
News categories: austriamicrosystems, Digital TV, ICs, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Fujitsu launches ultra-low power full HD H.264 CODECs
Oct 30, 2008 – Fujitsu Microelectronics has expanded its line-up of H.264 CODECs with two new devices that encode and decode full high-definition (HD) (1920 dots x 1080 lines) video in H.264 format.
News categories: Fujitsu, Camcorder, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

ANADIGICS' New Fully Integrated 1GHz Digital Tuner Delivers Exceptional Performance For Space Sensitive Video Applications
Oct 21, 2008 – ANADIGICS (Nasdaq: ANAD) has launched the AIT1042, a fully integrated 1GHz tuner that provides exceptionally high linearity and low noise to deliver crystal clear digital video in today's densely loaded CATV systems.
News categories: ANADIGICS, Cable TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

MegaChips and Silicon Motion Co-Develop World's Smallest and Lowest Power ISDB-T Mobile TV Tuner-Demodulator SoC
Oct 15, 2008 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) and MegaChips (Tokyo: 6875) have jointly developed the world's smallest and lowest power consumption ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator system-on-chip.
News categories: Silicon Motion, MegaChips, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor