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

Elonics Raises £6.1 million Series B Investment
Sep 6, 2010 – Elonics has announced the closing of a £6.1m ($9.5m) of Series B investment round led by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and supported by Octopus Ventures, a division of Octopus Investments, alongside a number of existing investors.
News categories: Elonics, Scottish Equity Partners, Octopus Ventures, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

Sigma Designs to Demo New Technology for Home Entertainment Networking, Home Control and Media Processing at IBC2010
Sep 6, 2010 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) will be showcasing to the company's many innovations at IBC2010. Sigma Designs will be demonstrating cutting-edge technologies in media processing, home entertainment networking, and home control in its suite.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ST announces DTV SoC and Video-Enhancement IC for Motion-Compensated 3DTV and 3D Graphics
Sep 3, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a TV SoC with integrated 3D graphics accelerator, and a video-enhancement IC that reduces TV power consumption and boosts video quality for LED TVs while offering a best-in-class experience for 2D/3DTV.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Smart TV

ViXS Showcases Line Up of Core Video Engines at IBC 2010
Sep 2, 2010 – ViXS Systems invites you to experience its latest digital media technologies at IBC. ViXS' smart processors put it firmly at the centre of the delivery of digital media from high quality video distribution to a large array of devices.
News categories: ViXS Systems, IBCShow, Semiconductor

Freescale and Vestel Jointly Develop RF Remote Controlled LCD TV
Sep 2, 2010 – Freescale Semiconductor and Vestel Electronics have announced that they have been working together to develop an LCD-TV with radio frequency (RF) remote control that uses Freescale's BeeStack Consumer ZigBee-RF4CE platform.
News categories: Freescale, Vestel, ZigBee, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Broadcom's Set-Top Box Technology Powers the EchoStar SlingLoaded™ 922 HD DVR
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that the Broadcom® BCM7400 satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been chosen by EchoStar Technologies (Nasdaq: SATS) for its SlingLoaded™ 922 high definition digital video recorder (HD DVR).
News categories: Broadcom, Echostar, Digital TV, DVR, Placeshifting, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Vestel Selects Broadcom's European Digital TV Solution
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Vestel has selected Broadcom® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for a new line of DVB-T/S-based high definition televisions (HDTVs) that will be demonstrated at this week's IFA 2010 show in Berlin.
News categories: Broadcom, Vestel, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DivX Announces Broadcom's First DivX Plus™ HD Certified Digital TV Solution
Sep 2, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced that the Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) BCM3549 connected digital television (DTV) system-on-a-chip (SoC) is the company's first platform to complete DivX Plus™ HD Certification.
News categories: DivX, Broadcom, IFABerlin, Media Player, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Lowest Cost, Lowest Power RVU Offered by Sigma Designs
Sep 1, 2010 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the immediate availability of RVU®-compatible client software for its high-performance, low-cost media processing chipsets and reference designs.
News categories: Sigma Designs, JetHead Development, RVU Alliance, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home