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Frbiz Forecasts Future Development Trends in Set-Top Box Devices
May 27, 2010 – Frbiz.com has forecast future development trends in set-top box devices. When focusing on future development, the function of set-top boxes could be further evolved for use as a family information center.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Frbiz, China, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Trident Micro Licenses CEVA DSP for Set-Top Box and DTV Product Lines
May 27, 2010 – CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA; LSE: CVA) has announced that Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has licensed CEVA's DSP technology for demodulation in set-top box and television systems product lines.
News categories: CEVA, Trident Micro, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results
May 26, 2010 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) has reported results for its first quarter ended May 1, 2010. Net revenue for the quarter was $65.2 million, down $2.9 million from the previous quarter and up $14.0 million, or 27%, from the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Coship Selects Microtune TV Tuner for Cable HD STBs and Modems in China
May 25, 2010 – Microtune® (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that Coship (Shenzhen:002052) has designed its DVB-C cable set-top box and its high-speed cable modem using Microtune's MicroTuner™ MT2066 TV tuner chip.
News categories: Microtune, COSHIP, Cable Modem, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Panasonic Blu-ray Chip Now Certified for DivX Plus™ HD Playback
May 24, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced the DivX Plus™ HD Certification of the latest Blu-ray player system LSI (Model: MN2WS0141DFF) in the UniPhier® series from Panasonic.
News categories: DivX, Inc, Panasonic, Blu-ray, Media Player, Semiconductor, Streaming

Videantis Announces Support for WebM Project and VP8 Codec
May 21, 2010 – videantis has announced that the WebM project and the open source VP8 video codec released by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will be supported on the videantis v-MPx programmable processor platform.
News categories: videantis, Media Player, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Maxim extends silicon tuner family with the MAX2136
May 20, 2010 – Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX2136, a DTT tuner for ISDB-T and DVB-T applications. Combining low power consumption with excellent performance, the device achieves a low noise figure of 3.8dB while only consuming 210mW.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Fujitsu Microelectronics Introduces New Generation of High-Definition Multi-Standard Video Decoder ICs
May 20, 2010 – Fujitsu Microelectronics has announced that the company officially releases its next-generation of high-definition multi-standard video decoder solution -- MB86H61 Series SoC.
News categories: Fujitsu, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform to Bring Web to TV
May 20, 2010 – At the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, leading industry players announced the development of Google TV - an open platform that adds the power of the web to the TV viewing experience, ushering in a new category of living room devices.
News categories: Google Inc, Sony Corp, Intel Corp, DISH Network, Logitech, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming