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Samsung adopts ARM Graphics Processing for Future Mobile and Consumer Products
Feb 15, 2010 – Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930) and ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) have announced that Samsung has adopted the ARM® Mali™ graphics processor architecture for its future graphics enabled SoCs as well as for its ASIC and foundry business.
News categories: ARM, Samsung, MWC24, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

CEVA Unveils Programmable HD Video and Image Processing Platform for Connected Multimedia Devices
Feb 15, 2010 – CEVA (Nasdaq: CEVA; LSE: CVA) has unveiled CEVA-MM3000™, a fully programmable, HD video and imaging platform specifically designed for the connected generation of portable multimedia and home entertainment devices.
News categories: CEVA, MWC24, Silicon IP

ST-Ericsson and STMicroelectronics to Support Adobe Flash Player 10.1
Feb 15, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and ST-Ericsson are working with Adobe to accelerate Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR® on their chipsets with multimedia and graphics capabilities, used in smartphones and connected digital-home devices.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, ST-Ericsson, Adobe, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Imagination adds Wi-Fi and ATSC to ENSIGMA UCCP310, demonstrates SoC test chip
Feb 15, 2010 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) is demonstrating two of Imagination's latest ENSIGMA UCCP310 IP platforms running real time Wi-Fi and ATSC integrated on an advanced SoC test chip at MWC 2010 in Barcelona (15-18 February 2010).
News categories: Imagination Technologies, ATSC 3, MWC24, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart Home

Newport Media Announces Mass Production of World's First 65nm SoC for CMMB Mobile TV
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media has announced that it has commenced mass production of the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, China, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Newport Media and MediaTek Announce ISDB-T Cellular Phone Reference Design
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media and MediaTek (TPE: 2454) have announced the ISDB-T reference design that covers the system level pre-integration of mobile TV SoC and software into several of MediaTek's advanced GPRS-EDGE cellular baseband IC platforms.
News categories: Newport Media, MediaTek, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Newport Media and ALPS Announce Mass Production of ISDB-T Module
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media has announced that ALPS has qualified Newport Media's 65nm CMOS single-chip solution and has begun high-volume, mass production of the modules for Japan's ISDB-T digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, ALPS, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Brazil and China Fuel Siano's Mobile DTV Surge
Feb 14, 2010 – Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) is being catapulted to mass-market levels in both China and Brazil, powered by Siano Mobile Silicon.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

MIPS Technologies and Mavrix Technology Collaborate on Mobile SoC Development
Feb 10, 2010 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) and Mavrix Technology, a company developing SoCs for the Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) and portable multimedia markets, have announced that they are working together to develop a MIPS-Based™ applications processor.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Mavrix, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Tablet