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

Texas Instruments Unveils Integrated HDTV Processor
Jan 8, 2007 – Extending a field-proven portfolio of digital television (DTV) solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has announced the new TVP9010 integrated high-definition television (HDTV) processor and development platform.
News categories: Texas Instruments, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Genesis Microchip Launches New DTV SoC Family
Jan 8, 2007 – Genesis® Microchip (Nasdaq:GNSS) has announced the launch of its new, advanced Chaplin DTV system-on-a-chip families at CES. This new product series, which integrates the DTV MPEG controller, Emmy award-winning Faroudja video processing functions and other digital and analog TV requirements into a single chip, is sampling to major DTV manufacturers worldwide.
News categories: ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Xceive Makes Conventional CAN Tuners Obsolete With New Silicon Tuner
Jan 8, 2007 – Xceive® Corporation, the market leader in multi-standard RF-to-baseband silicon transceivers for the digital home market, today announced its next generation silicon tuner, the XC5000.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Auvitek Launches AU852x Demodulator Family
Jan 8, 2007 – Auvitek has announced the AU852x family of 6th generation HDTV and ATV Demodulators. All of the new ICs provide leadership performance in ATSC (8-VSB), digital cable (QAM) and legacy analog TV applications.
News categories: Auvitek, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

ST Dual HDTV Decoder Chip in 65nm Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) today announced a new dual-video-stream high-definition (HD) decoder chip, the STi7200, intended for STBs, digital video recorders (DVRs) and DVD players.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DRM, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

New STB IC from ST Cuts Costs and Supports Latest Security Specifications
Jan 5, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has announced the STi5107, a new MPEG decoder for standard definition TV, within the Company's OMEGA family of STB solutions.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Conexant New Family of High-Performance HDTV Video Decoders
Jan 5, 2007 – Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT) has introduced two new video decoders for personal video recording (PVR) enabled set-top boxes (STBs) used to receive high-definition television (HDTV) programming in worldwide networks.
News categories: Conexant, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Debuts Cable STB IC With HD AVC/VC-1 Decoding, Channel Bonding and Downloadable Security
Jan 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a cable STB chip that includes support for DOCSIS®/EuroDOCSIS 2.0 cable modem specifications, as well as downstream channel bonding compatible with the upcoming DOCSIS 3.0 specification.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Micronas Delivers World's Smallest Digital TV Demodulator
Jan 4, 2007 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced availability of the DRX3931J, an 8VSB and QAM 64/256 demodulator with integrated IF amplifier.
News categories: Micronas, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial