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CEVA to Showcase Latest IP for Digital Home and Mobile Products at CES 2012
Dec 5, 2011 – CEVA (NASDAQ: CEVA; LSE: CVA) has announced that it will showcase a range of innovative multimedia and communications solutions for the digital home and mobile markets at CES 2012 in Las Vegas from January 10-13th, 2012.
News categories: CEVA, CES2025, Silicon IP

80% of Smartphones Will Have Stereo 3D Cameras and Screens by 2015
Dec 1, 2011 – Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has predicted in a new study on mobile devices that 80 percent of Smartphones will have stereo 3D cameras and screens by 2015.
News categories: Jon Peddie Research, Market Research, Metaverse, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone

Sigma Designs Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
Nov 30, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended October 29, 2011. Net revenue for the third quarter was $39.7 million, down $38.1 million, or 49%, from $77.8 million reported for the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

MaxLinear Supplies MxL601 Tuner ICs to Sharp for TV Modules
Nov 29, 2011 – MaxLinear (NYSE:MXL) has announced that its MxL601 tuner IC has been selected by the tuner module division of Sharp (Tokyo:6753) for its next generation of global hybrid TV tuner modules.
News categories: MaxLinear, Sharp Corp, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ST Secures MoCA Certification for Set-Top Box IC, Simplifying Home Multimedia Networking
Nov 22, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has obtained MoCA® 1.1 certification for its STi7108M video decoder, enabling High-Definition (HD) set-top boxes or digital video recorders (DVRs) to share content and services easily throughout the home.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Nationz Technologies Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 Group for Mobile TV SoC
Nov 21, 2011 – S3 Group has announced that Nationz Technologies has licensed its mixed-signal IP for their Mobile TV SoC. S3 Group delivered a high performance ADC and PLL combination from its portfolio as part of the deal.
News categories: S3 Group, Nationz, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Legend Silicon Brings ATSC Broadcast Reception One Step Closer to Cars & Mobile Devices
Nov 21, 2011 – Legend Silicon has announced SuperTV™ technology critical to solving diversity and mobile reception issues inherent in the U.S. legacy Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Digital Terrestrial Broadcast (Free-to-Air) market.
News categories: Legend Silicon, ATSC 3, Automotive, Digital TV, Portable, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet, Terrestrial

Alcatel-Lucent Paves the Way for Planning ISDB-T Digital Terrestrial Networks Using Technologies Developed by DiBcom
Nov 21, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, NYSE: ALU) and DiBcom have entered into a new partnership, this time for radio planning for ISDB-T networks in South America, promoting their technologies and working methods through the Argentinean broadcasting network study project.
News categories: DiBcom, Alcatel-Lucent, Argentina, Content Distribution, ISDB-T, Latin America, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Vestel Deploys Entropic Communications' Multi-Mode Hybrid Silicon Tuner
Nov 21, 2011 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its EN4020 multi-mode hybrid RF CMOS silicon tuner has been selected by Vestel. Vestel will incorporate the tuner into a variety of DVB-T and DVB-T2 set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Entropic Communications, Vestel, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, Norway, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK