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

Sunplus Presents World's First DVD SoC Solution SPHE8203A with DivX HD Playability at IFA2007
Aug 30, 2007 – Sunplus Technology (TSE:2401) (LSE:SUPD) has launched its new generation DVD player platform - SPHE8203A, which is the world's first SoC solution to support DivX high definition content playback. Sunplus will demonstrate SPHE8203A and its reference design at IFA 2007 (Stand 116, Hall 26) during Aug. 31-Sep. 5.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, ICs, IFABerlin, Media Player, Semiconductor

Revolutionary NXP technology creates picture perfect HD viewing experience
Aug 29, 2007 – NXP has launched the world's first video postprocessor with proprietary Motion Accurate Picture Processing technology, enabling TV manufacturers to drastically improve high-definition (HD) motion picture on LCD TVs.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Entropic Communications Increases Performance And Efficiency With New Channel Stacking Switch RFICs
Aug 28, 2007 – Entropic Communications has announced its next generation of Channel Stacking Switch (CSS) products used in single cable satellite installations. The RF5218 and RF5219 have been specifically designed to address the low power requirements of the European Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) market.
News categories: Digital TV, Europe, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor

AMIMON Announces WHDI Chipset Availability
Aug 28, 2007 – AMIMON has announced the availability of its Wireless High-definition Interface (WHDI) chipset. The WHDI chipset (AMN2110 and AMN2210) enables CE display and device manufacturers to develop home entertainment products that connect wirelessly.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Spreadtrum Announces First Commercial AVS Audio/Video Decoder Chip
Aug 27, 2007 – Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD), one of China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, has announced its new SV6111 product, the world's first commercial AVS audio/video decoder chip.
News categories: China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Micronas announces single-chip solution for Full HD 1080p Flat-Panel TVs
Aug 23, 2007 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced VCT-Premium - the third generation of the Micronas VCT-family of single-chip flat-panel TV processors.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Fujitsu Launches Full HD H.264 Transcoder LSI
Aug 23, 2007 – Fujitsu has announced the development and launch of a new transcoder large-scaled integrated (LSI) chip that can convert full HD (1920dot x 1080line) MPEG-2 video data to H.264 data and compress data size to less than one-half that of MPEG-2.
News categories: Fujitsu, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Broadcom Announces Complete Digital TV Receiver System Designed to Meet the NTIA's Digital-to-Analog TV Coupon Program
Aug 20, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a complete digital television receiver system targeted at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) digital-to-analog converter box program.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Thomson Debuts Next-Generation Decoding Chip for High Definition Set-Top Boxes
Aug 16, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext 18453)(NYSE:TMS) has announced it will also introduce a high-end video decoder integrated circuit (IC), Thomson 4230, at IBC 2007 (Thomson stand 1.411). Optimized for personal video recording (PVR) applications, this chip provides HD decoding for H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, and DivX® codecs, as well as standard definition (SD) streams.
News categories: Cable TV, Content Protection, DVR, IBCShow, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box