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

Adobe and Broadcom Bring HD Flash Video to Atom-based Netbooks
Jun 2, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) and Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) have announced a collaboration to enable hardware accelerated playback of high definition (HD) Adobe® Flash® based video content on platforms powered by Intel® Atom™ processors.
News categories: Broadcom, Adobe Systems, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Streaming

AMD Launches New Chip For Worldwide HDTV-on-the-PC Reception
Jun 2, 2009 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) has launched the ATI Theater™ HD 750 PC TV chip offering HDTV viewing capabilities on desktop and notebook PCs around the world using analog, and digital, and free-to-air broadcast signals.
News categories: AMD, Cable TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Adobe and NVIDIA Announce GPU Acceleration for Flash Player
Jun 2, 2009 – NVIDIA (Nasdaq:NVDA) and Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) have announced that they are collaborating as part of the Open Screen Project to optimize GPU video and graphics acceleration to enable Adobe® Flash® Player on a range of mobile Internet devices.
News categories: NVIDIA, Adobe Systems, Open Screen Project, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Streaming

MaxLinear Passes the 50 Million TV Tuner IC Shipment Milestone
Jun 1, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced that it has shipped more than 50 million TV tuner ICs, showing the value of MaxLinear's standard digital CMOS-based RF/mixed-signal IC technology as the replacement for RF BiCMOS and Silicon Germanium based tuner ICs.
News categories: MaxLinear, ISDB-T, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ITE Introduces World's First Mobile DVB-T Demodulator & Multimedia Processor SoC
Jun 1, 2009 – ITE Tech (Taipei: 3014) has announced the launch of AT9058M, the world's first DVB-T single chip SoC enabling a high quality, ultra low power, and small footprint solution for DVB-T feature phone, PND and pocket TV applications.
News categories: ITE Tech., Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial

Sigma Introduces New Thin Client Media Processor
Jun 1, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the availability of its SMP8652 media processor SoC. The SMP8652 is designed for thin client applications, such as IPTV set-top boxes (STBs), digital media adapters (DMAs), and hybrid cable/IP thin clients.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Sigma Introduces Media Processor Optimized for Blu-ray Players
Jun 1, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that it has begun sampling its new SMP8642 media processor SoC, designed for mainstream Blu-ray players. Product demonstrations are available at this week's Computex 2009 Show, located in Taipei.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Blu-ray, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Qualcomm Expands Snapdragon Platform with 45nm Chipset
May 31, 2009 – Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has announced that it is expanding its Snapdragon™ platform with a next-generation chipset that features high-definition video recording and playback, and support for mobile TV technologies such as MediaFLO™, DVB-H and ISDB-T.
News categories: Qualcomm, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Zoran Introduces SupraHD® 787 HDTV Processors for 1080P DTV
May 27, 2009 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its advanced SupraHD® 787 HDTV processors are now available to qualified DTV manufacturers supplying the premium ATSC digital TV market in the U.S.
News categories: Zoran, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA