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Entropic Communications Makes the Connected Home Future a Reality, in Live Demonstrations at NCTA The Cable Show
May 5, 2010 – At The Cable Show 2010, Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: ENTR) encourages attendees to experience intelligent silicon applications for connected home entertainment - based on its field-proven MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax) innovations.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Cable TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Trident Microsystems Reports Results for First Quarter Ended Mar. 31, 2010
May 5, 2010 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced results for its quarter ended Mar. 31, 2010. For the quarter, the company reported net revenues of $90.4 million, which compares with $6.9 million in the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2009.
News categories: Trident Micro, Results, Semiconductor

MaxLinear Partners with Cocom to Deliver DVB-T2 Certified Freeview HD Set-Top Box
May 4, 2010 – MaxLinear has announced that its MxL5007T global digital terrestrial TV RF receiver IC has passed DVB-T2 certification in the UK as part of a set-top box (STB) designed by Cocom Consumer Electronics.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cocom, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Broadcom Whole-Home Connected Cable Platforms Address European Requirements
May 4, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced highly integrated whole-home connected cable platforms that address European requirements for web-based software applications, connectivity, energy efficiency and security support.
News categories: Broadcom, ANGA COM, Cable TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

SMiT partners with ALi To Penetrate High-End Set-Top Box Market
May 3, 2010 – ALi Corporation (Taipei:3041) has announced that it has partnered with SMiT, a Conditional Access Modules (CAM) manufacturer with leading market share in Europe, to develop CAM cards for high definition (HD) STBs with CI+ functionality.
News categories: ALi Corp, Shenzhen State Micro Tech, ANGA COM, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran Delivering HDTV 1080p Technology Platforms for Internet Connected TVs for Europe, Brazil, China, Japan & Other Regions
May 3, 2010 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that Internet Connected high definition flat panel televisions using Zoran's SupraHD® 675 HDTV processors started shipping to Europe and Australia this quarter.
News categories: Zoran, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Broadcom Reports First Quarter 2010 Results
Apr 27, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Net revenue for the first quarter of 2010 was a record $1.46 billion, an increase of 71.3% compared with the $853 million reported for the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Broadcom, Results, Semiconductor

Imagination Technologies POWERVR VXD391 adds On2 VP6 and Real Video capabilities
Apr 27, 2010 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) has announced the latest member of its video decode IP core family, POWERVR VXD391. An ultra low power, high performance 1080p HD hardware video decoder IP core with multi-standard multi-stream capabilities.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Siano Scores Major Sockets with Top 3 Brazilian Operators
Apr 27, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that all top three of Brazil's mobile carriers - Vivo, Claro and TIM Brazil - are now promoting products using Siano MDTV receiver ICs, in designs from ZTE.
News categories: Siano Mobile, ZTE, Brazil, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor