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

Fresco Microchip Delivers High Performance, Low Power Single-Chip Hybrid Receiver for Terrestrial and Cable Television
Dec 11, 2007 – Fresco Microchip has announced the FM2050, its latest low power single-chip demodulator for high quality universal analog terrestrial (NTSC, PAL, SECAM), analog cable, and DVB-T digital television broadcasts.
News categories: Fresco Microchip, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Broadcom's Satellite System-On-A-Chip Provides the Highest Level of System Integration for Low Cost, High Definition Satellite Set-Top Boxes
Dec 5, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a new single-channel, multi-format high definition (HD) satellite receiver chip. The system-on-a-chip (SoC) includes a single tuner/demodulator, as well as an AVC decoder that supports multiple video formats.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, DVB-S2, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Topbroad Develops New Video Decoding Chip
Dec 4, 2007 – Following the successful production of its "Beijing-1" high-definition set-top box core chip, Tianjin Topbroad Microelectronics, a subsidiary of Tianjin Communication and Broadcasting Group, has developed its TBM5028 video decoder chip.
News categories: Tianjin Communication and Broadcasting, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

TI Delivers First Single-Chip, Real-Time HD Video Transcoding Solution with DaVinci™ Technology
Dec 3, 2007 – To allow consumers to seamlessly move content across their video end products, Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) is offering a new DaVinci™ technology digital media processor for video transcoding in media gateways, multi-point control units, digital media adaptors, video security DVRs and IP set-top boxes.
News categories: Texas Instruments (TI), Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Broadcom Delivers the Industry's Most Advanced Real-Time, High Definition Video/Audio Encoder/Transcoder Single-Chip Solution
Dec 3, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its real-time, high definition (HD) encoder/transcoder solution. The new single-chip enables consumer devices to share a wide variety of video and audio content while maintaining a high degree of digital rights management and security
News categories: Broadcom, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

New NXP Solutions Bring Most Advanced PCTV Capabilities to Notebook and Desktop PCs
Nov 26, 2007 – NXP has announced the arrival of two brand new additions to its PCTV family. The SAA7164BE and SAA7163AE are new PC TV processors designed to bring multi-streaming and PVR capabilities to desktop and notebook multimedia PC TV USB applications.
News categories: NXP, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

FDC1101 DMB-TH Demodulator Chip and Solutions Launched
Nov 22, 2007 – The mass-produced FDC1101 chip, a joint venture between Tsinghua University, Fudan University and Fudan Microelectronics, has been unveiled, along with products and solutions based on the chip.
News categories: Shanghai Fudan Micronano Electronics, FDC1101, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Horizon Semiconductors sets in motion next generation location-free universal HD-DVD/Blu-Ray™ decoder/transcoder SoC
Nov 19, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of a System-On-a-Chip (SoC) solution enabling dual channel native 1080/60p decoding, encoding and transcoding for next generation media players/recorders supporting the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray™ optical disc formats.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Renesas Technology Releases SH-MobileR2 Application Processor for Car Navigation Systems and PNDs Supporting One-Seg TV Broadcasts
Nov 13, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced the SH-MobileR2 application processor intended for use in portable and mobile devices with support for One-Seg terrestrial digital TV broadcasts, such as car navigation systems and personal navigation devices (PNDs).
News categories: Renesas Technology, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor