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Siano launches lowest cost receiver chip for multi-standard mobile/portable DTV
Feb 24, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new low-cost multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1140. The SMS1140 supports the major global MDTV broadcasting standards of DVB-T, ISDB-T and T-DMB.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Broadcom Extends chumby® Platform to Internet-Connected TVs, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-ray Disc® Players
Feb 23, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) and chumby® have announced the integration of the chumby rich media Internet platform into Broadcom's latest digital television (DTV), set-top box (STB) and Blu-ray Disc® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
News categories: Broadcom, chumby, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Single-Conversion Silicon Tuner Enables Superior Reception of Analog and Digital TV Broadcasts
Feb 19, 2009 – Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX3542 single-conversion silicon tuner for hybrid applications. The device uses a single downconversion step to provide artifact-free reception of analog signals and high-quality reception of digital signals.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, Digital TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Digital Cube Selects RMI's Au1300 Processor for its Next Generation Platform
Feb 18, 2009 – RMI Corporation has announced that Digital Cube has selected the Alchemy Au1300 Processor for its next generation platform to fuel its Mobile Internet Devices and Portable Media Players with HD video playback and a rich 3D user interface.
News categories: RMI Corp, Digital Cube, Digital TV, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Newport Media Announces World's First 65nm SoC for China's CMMB Mobile TV
Feb 17, 2009 – Newport Media has announced the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip for China's CMMB television standard. The NMI500 Sundance C mobile digital TV receiver integrates an RF tuner, demodulator and memory into a single monolithic CMOS device.
News categories: Newport Media, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Zoran Demonstrates Highest Image and Video Quality Processor for Multimedia Camera Phones
Feb 16, 2009 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced the demonstration of its APPROACH® 7 multimedia processor, delivering a new level of quality camera experience, HD video capture and playback, and 2D/3D graphics to the multimedia mobile phone market, at the Mobile World Congress 2009.
News categories: Zoran, Camcorder, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

NVIDIA Enables The World's First $99 HD Mobile Internet Device
Feb 16, 2009 – NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) has introduced a new platform, based on the NVIDIA® Tegra™ 600 Series computer-on-a-chip that enables a $99, always-on, always-connected HD mobile internet device (MID) that can go days between battery charges.
News categories: NVIDIA, 5G, Digital TV, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Streaming

On2 Technologies Announces the Hantro™ 8270 Area and Speed Optimized 1080p Hardware Video Encoder
Feb 16, 2009 – On2 Technologies (NYSE Alternext: ONT) has announced the introduction of its latest hardware design, the Hantro™ 8270 1080p Encoder. The new design supports H.264 Baseline, Main and High Profile video along with 16Mpixel JPEG still images.
News categories: On2 Technologies, Camcorder, Mobile, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

New multi-core OMAP™ 4 applications platform from Texas Instruments
Feb 16, 2009 – TI (NYSE: TXN) has announced the new OMAP™ 4 mobile applications platform. The OMAP 4 delivers multimedia-rich user experiences such as 1080p video record and playback, 20 megapixel imaging and approximately a week of audio play time.
News categories: Texas Instruments, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor