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

MediaTek, Sunplus to offer Blu-ray Disc chipsets
Dec 22, 2008 – MediaTek and Sunplus Technology are in the process of certifying Blu-ray Disc (BD) player chipsets with potential clients and expect to begin shipments as early as the second quarter of 2009.
News categories: MediaTek, Sunplus Technology, Blu-ray, Semiconductor

Gigle Semiconductor Announces That the World's Fastest and Most Reliable Home Networking IC Will Power Blusens' HDTV Home Entertainment Equipment at CES2009
Dec 18, 2008 – Gigle Semiconductor has announced that the GGL541 will be used in Blusens' Multi-Media Home Entertainment equipment to provide the high-speed connection from the media center to the HDTV over existing home wiring during CES2009.
News categories: Gigle, Blusens, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Firecomms OptoLock® Built into IPTV Set Top Box Reference Design by STMicroelectronics
Dec 18, 2008 – Firecomms has announced that its OptoLock® interconnect technology has been built into the STMicroelectronics STi7105 reference design for an IPTV set top box. OptoLock enables quick and easy connection of POF in home networks directly to the STB.
News categories: Firecomms, STMicroelectronics, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX SoC with MEMC Technology Enters 100Hz European IDTV Market
Dec 17, 2008 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has announced that Grundig Eletronik's Vision-9 FHD 100Hz digital television has adopted Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX digital TV processor system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Trident Micro, Grundig Elektronik, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Cypress and Legend Silicon Debut World's First USB TV Dongle Reference Design to Bring High-Resolution TV to PCs and Laptops
Dec 16, 2008 – Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) and Legend Silicon have introduced a reference design for a DTMB USB PC-TV dongle. It leverages Cypress's EZ-USB® FX2LP high-speed USB controller to drive Legend Silicon's LGS-8GL5/LGS-8G75 demodulator.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Cypress Semiconductor, China, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Bharti Airtel Launches Its Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV Service in India Powered by Broadcom® Technology
Dec 16, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Bharti Airtel has selected Broadcom's highly integrated satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions to power its direct-to-home (DTH) TV services - Airtel digital TV.
News categories: Broadcom, Bharti Airtel, Digital TV, DVB-S2, India, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Quantenna Partners with W&W Communications to Enable Consumer Electronics Manufacturers to Offer Super Low Latency Full-HD Wireless Video over 802.11n Networks
Dec 16, 2008 – Quantenna Communications has announced a partnership with W&W Communications to deliver high definition television (HDTV) over plug-and-play standards-based Wi-Fi networks. Quantenna will demonstrate its technology at the 2009 International CES.
News categories: Quantenna, W&W Communications, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Xceive's XC5000 Selected by Realtek for High Performance PVR Reference Design
Dec 15, 2008 – Xceive has announced that Realtek Semiconductor has selected the XC5000 multi-standard tuner IC for its new high-end networked Personal Video Recorder (PVR) reference design.
News categories: Xceive, Realtek, DVR, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Sunplus Exhibits at 2009 International CES to Demonstrate Entry-Level to High-End DTV IC Solutions
Dec 15, 2008 – Sunplus Technology (TAIEX:2401)(LSE:SUPD) will exhibit at 2009 International CES to demonstrate its new digital TV IC solutions for entry-level to high-end applications.
News categories: Sunplus, ATSC 3, CES2025, DTMB, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial