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

SARFT Cracks Down on Direct-Broadcast Satellite Products
Mar 16, 2010 – The Department of Science and Technology at China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has ordered several companies to cease production and sale of illegal chips and set-top boxes.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Amino to showcase hybrid/OTT media centre and STB line-up at IPTV World Forum
Mar 16, 2010 – Amino Communications (AIM: AMO.L) will showcase its new Amino Freedom hybrid/OTT media centre at the IPTV World Forum 2010 in London - alongside a range of new generation set-top box (STB) products for the pure IPTV market.
News categories: Amino, DVR, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Video Exchange

Renesas announces Full-Seg ISDB-T mobile application processor
Mar 15, 2010 – Renesas Technology has announced the industry's first application processor for mobile phones that supports Full-Seg (13-segment) ISDB-T HDTV recording and playback. The SH-Mobile MT1 will begin sample shipments in April 2010.
News categories: Renesas, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor

Digivision Selects Microtune TV Tuner for High-Definition Set-Top Box Design
Mar 15, 2010 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that Shanghai Digivision has selected the Microtune MT2066 single-chip broadband tuner for use in its advanced high-definition cable set-top boxes for the Chinese market.
News categories: Microtune, Shanghai Digivision, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ST-based set-top box design released by SemiDevices
Mar 12, 2010 – SemiDevices has released a new set-top box design, developed in partnership with STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM). The design is based on the STi7167 STB decoder with integrated DVB-T/DVB-C demodulator, which allows also IPTV broadcasting and supports SD/HD video.
News categories: SemiDevices, STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Arms Pay-TV Industry in Battle Against Piracy
Mar 11, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is sampling the first STB System-on-Chip (SoC) devices featuring advanced CryptoFirewall™ security helping to prevent hacking of pay-TV broadcast signals and enable faster, lower-cost development of new set-top box products.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cryptography Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

Microtune DTV Chipset Delivers Highest-Quality Reception to China's TV Manufacturers
Mar 10, 2010 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced a digital TV receiver chipset compliant with China's GB20600-2006 National Standard for DTV broadcast. The chipset consists of Microtune's MT3141 RF receiver with one of its MT886x demodulators.
News categories: Microtune, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ViXS Introduces Transcoder SoC for DLNA Networked Devices
Mar 8, 2010 – ViXS Systems has introduced its XCode®4111 Network Media Processor. The HD Transcoder/Encoder is targeted at side-loaded DLNA networked devices and enables the transfer of content across a range of consumer electronic devices, PCs and mobile phones.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, Home Server, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Telecom Italia and Intel announce collaboration for next-generation online TV and internet services
Mar 5, 2010 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have announced a collaboration to distribute next-generation online internet and TV services via the open source MeeGo software platform.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Intel Corp, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Semiconductor, Streaming