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

ViXS Debuts New Series of Companion ICs for High-Speed Transcoding, Encoding and Decoding
Jan 3, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced the introduction of a new family of XCode™ Companion ICs: the XCode™ 3106, 3108 and 3111. Key capabilities of the XCode™ 3106, 3108 and 3111 are MPEG2 to AVC transcoding, AVC to MPEG2 reverse transcoding, AVC/MPEG2 decoding and encoding.
News categories: ViXS Systems, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

STMicroelectronics Announces High-Definition Set-Top-Box Decoder with Integrated Demodulator
Jan 3, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the availability of a new single-chip high-definition set-top box decoder combining both the demodulation and decoding functions on a single device.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVB-S2, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Highly Integrated, Low-Power, Single-Conversion Silicon Tuner for ATSC and NTSC Applications
Jan 3, 2008 – Maxim Integrated Products (Pink Sheets: MXIM) has introduced the MAX3540 highly integrated, single-conversion television tuner for ATSC and NTSC applications.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sunplus mMedia Exhibits New Silicon Solution for Mainstream PMP at CES 2008
Jan 3, 2008 – Sunplus mMedia has revealed its portable multimedia player (PMP) controller, SPMP2900, with system reference design at booth #73454, Sands Expo, Las Vegas during CES2008.
News categories: Sunplus, CES2025, ICs, Semiconductor, Tablet

Broadcom Announces High Definition PVR Satellite System-on-a-Chip Solution for Direct Broadcast Satellite Set-Top Boxes
Jan 3, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) satellite set-top box solution that enables manufacturers to develop low cost satellite set-top boxes (STBs) with personal video recorder (PVR) functionality.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Siano Launches Next Generation Mobile Digital TV Receiver Chip
Jan 2, 2008 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new family of Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) receiver chips called the SMS1100, supporting reception of ISDB-T TV signals in addition to Siano's existing portfolio of DVB-H, DVB-T, DAB, DAB-IP and T-DMB.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Brazil, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Telepath Released CMMB Demod Chip Together with Infineon and SMIC
Dec 21, 2007 – Telepath Technologies has unveiled irs TP3001 demodulator chip. The TP3001 enables access to mobile multimedia broadcasting via mobile handhelds, personal media players as well as other portable electronic devices.
News categories: Telepath Technologies, Infineon, SMIC, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

STMicroelectronics Introduces Low-Cost Standard-Definition Set-Top Box Decoder Supporting Leading Security Standards and Multiple Codecs
Dec 20, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new low-cost STB decoder chip - the STi5202 - intended for standard-definition TV applications, sharing the same architecture as ST's STi7109 single-chip H.264 high-definition (HD) decoder.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Samsung Develops World's First 65nm Digital TV Receiver Chip
Dec 13, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has announced the development of a new digital TV receiver chip (S5H1432) using 65nm process technology for terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T), the digital broadcasting standard in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
News categories: Samsung, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial