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

Legend Silicon Introduces Two New Demodulators for Portable Digital Television Applications
Sep 18, 2008 – Legend Silicon has introduced two demodulators for China's terrestrial (GB20600-2006) market. The LGS-8G75 and LGS-8G77 improve end-user reception while offering new interfaces and space savings for mobile and portable applications.
News categories: Legend Silicon, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Portable, Semiconductor

DivX Strengthens Presence in Blu-ray Disc Market with Broadcom Chip Certification
Sep 16, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX) has announced that it has significantly expanded its influence within emerging Blu-ray players through the DivX Certification™ of Broadcom's BCM7440 chip.
News categories: DivX, Broadcom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Media Player, Semiconductor

Legend Silicon Introduces Diversity Demodulator to Dramatically Improve Reception of Weak and Noisy Television Signals in China
Sep 16, 2008 – Legend Silicon has introduced the LGS-8G78, a demodulator designed, by employing diversity, to significantly improve reception of the digital terrestrial television broadcast (DTTB) signals defined by China's GB20600-2006 standard.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Automotive, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor

SiTune lunches lowest-power universal mobile TV silicon Tuner
Sep 15, 2008 – SiTune Corporation has announced a state-of-the-art hybrid (universal) CMOS TV tuner. STN-25T1000 is a highly integrated tuner that exceeds all of global digital and analog TV standard requirements for under 150 mW.
News categories: SiTune, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Tilgin First to Show Picture in Picture (PiP) on a ST-Based IPTV STB at IBC
Sep 15, 2008 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) has announced Picture in Picture as part of the Mood 400 Product Family offering. The solution developed by Tilgin generates the opportunity to have up to eight PiP windows simultaneously.
News categories: Tilgin, STMicroelectronics, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Brazil - Intel and Tecsys announce digital TV partnership
Sep 15, 2008 – Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has signed a partnership with Tecsys for the development of digital TV decoder technology for the local market. The partnership will develop both professional IRDs and set top boxes for the consumer market.
News categories: Intel Corp, Tecsys, Amplimatic, Brazil, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran Announces SupraXD® 170 & SupraXD® 180 Processors Supporting A Broad Range of Video Formats In Set-Top Boxes
Sep 15, 2008 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced its new SupraXD® 170 and SupraXD® 180 families of highly integrated processors for set-top boxes supporting extended decoding of a range of video formats including H.264, MPEG-2, VC1, and others.
News categories: Zoran, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom's New Digital TV Solutions Bring Advanced Functionality and Differentiated Features to TV Manufacturers
Sep 15, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its next generation of DTV systems-on-a chip for the US market. Included in each are a multi-format decoder, Ethernet connectivity, 3D graphical user interface, and unique 3D color management.
News categories: Broadcom, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

Conax with extra level of content security through Chipset Pairing
Sep 14, 2008 – Conax has announced Chipset Pairing, a technology that provides operators and content providers with an additional level of security, ensuring that specified content is released only to the client devices supporting Conax Chipset Pairing.
News categories: Conax, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box