Semiconductor (ICs, silicon IP, microchips, …) News

ViXS Showcases Dense Media Processing Solutions at NAB2011
Apr 11, 2011 – ViXS Systems has announced that it will be demonstrating its latest advanced transcoding, encoding and media processing solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters show - NAB2011 - in Las Vegas.
News categories: ViXS Systems, NABShow, Semiconductor

ST dominated China cable set-top box IC market in 2010
Apr 6, 2011 – In 2010 STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) had an SD cable set-top box IC market share of 63.5%, and an HD set-top box market share of 45.13%, to give an overall market share of 54.61%. Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) was in second place with 19.48%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Marseille Takes Major Steps toward Transforming CE Silicon Development
Apr 5, 2011 – Marseille Networks has received $4.5 million in Series B funding. With the funds it plans to kick off the production process for its first chips, the VTV-1200 series of Quad HD video upconverter processors for Blu-ray, AVR, PC, and STB markets.
News categories: Marseille Networks, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

TI to acquire National Semiconductor
Apr 4, 2011 – Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) have announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which TI will acquire National for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion.
News categories: Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, MandA, Mobile, Semiconductor

Skyviia Selects Discretix Hardware-Assisted DRM For Hybrid Set-Top Boxes SoCs
Apr 4, 2011 – Discretix has announced that Skyviia has chosen Discretix' Multi-Scheme DRM Client and CryptoCell embedded security platform for integration into its SoCs for hybrid set-top boxes.
News categories: Discretix, Skyviia, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

AltoBeam Releases Fourth Generation CTTB/DVB-C Demodulator IC
Mar 31, 2011 – AltoBeam has announced the release of its fourth generation CTTB/DVB-C demodulator, the ATBM8859. The ATBM8859 is in full compliance with GB20600-2006, China's DTT standard, and GY/T 170-2001, China's equivalent to the DVB-C standard.
News categories: AltoBeam, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Amino secures further order to support Telecom Italia's Cubovison rollout
Mar 28, 2011 – Amino (AIM:AMO) has secured a follow-on order to provide its hybrid/OTT technology to support Telecom Italia's (Milan:TIT) deployment of its Cubovision all-in-one multimedia broadband service.
News categories: Amino, Telecom Italia, Digital TV, Italy, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Hisense Selects Trident's Connected DTV Solution for New TVs Targeting the Japanese Market
Mar 24, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that its HiDTV Pro-SA1 system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been designed into Hisense's newest line of affordable and feature rich Connected TVs for the Japanese market.
News categories: Trident Micro, Hisense, Digital TV, Japan, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Trident Set-Top Box SoCs Selected for China's First NGB Trial Deployments
Mar 24, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that its set-top box system-on-chips (SoCs) are powering one of the first trial deployments of Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) in China.
News categories: Trident Micro, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Semiconductor, Set Top Box