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

Entropic Communications Collaborates With Cavium Networks for MoCA-Enabled Home Networking Solutions
Mar 24, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) and Cavium Networks (Nasdaq:CAVM) have announced a broad-based collaboration to provide best-in-class home networking solutions that utilize high-speed MoCA® home networks.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Cavium Networks, CPE, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Latens security ported to NEC EMMA™3SL/LP MPEG-4 SoCs
Mar 24, 2009 – Latens has announced that it has increased security and lowered operating costs for Pay TV broadcasters by integrating its technology on NEC Electronics' EMMA3SL/LP system-on-ship devices.
News categories: Latens, NEC Electronics, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ST Announces Commitment to Continue Minimizing the Environmental Effect of Set-Top Boxes
Mar 23, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has extended its commitment to saving energy to STB applications. ST's latest STB devices are supplied with a software driver called STPOWER that controls all power aspects of the device.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Energy Star, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Microtune's New Automotive TV Tuner Deployed in Delphi's Factory-Installed Car TV Entertainment Systems
Mar 23, 2009 – Microtune® (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that Delphi is deploying Microtune's new MT2067 tuner in the TV receiver system of its factory-installed front and rear seat entertainment systems targeted for Europe and Japan.
News categories: Microtune, Delphi, Automotive, Europe, Japan, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Mirics and CyberLink Join Forces to Deliver HDTV to Notebooks
Mar 23, 2009 – CyberLink (5203.TW) has announced that Mirics has demonstrated full interoperability of its revolutionary FlexiTV™ software-based receiver with CyberLink's TVEnhance, together delivering the latest high-definition video content to notebook PCs.
News categories: CyberLink, Mirics, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Launches Single-Chip Set-Top Box ICs
Mar 20, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has introduced two new single-chip STB ICs. The STi5197 for cable and STi5189 for satellite share a common architecture and are software compatible, enabling efficient development of new STB products.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Announces Cable Set-Top Box ICs with Integrated DVB-C Tuners
Mar 20, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced two new cable set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions that address the growing demand for digital cable services in China.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom and RaisingSun Deliver 'All-in-One' Digital TV Platform for China
Mar 20, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that, with RaisingSun Digital Video Technology, it has produced an 'all-in-one' digital television (DTV) turnkey solution that supports all Chinese broadcasting standards as well as Internet connectivity.
News categories: Broadcom, iTVware, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Broadcom Expands Hybrid IP Set-Top Box IC Family
Mar 20, 2009 – At CCBN 2009, Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the expansion of its Internet protocol (IP) set-top box (STB) family with a range of highly integrated, system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, including support for China's audio/video standard (AVS).
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial