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

1394 Trade Association Introduces First Global Standard for Networking Entertainment Devices Over Coaxial Cable
Aug 4, 2008 – The 1394 Trade Association has announced the adoption of the first global standard for networking digital content over coaxial cables using Ultra Wideband (UWB) communications.
News categories: 1394 Trade Association, Pulse~LINK, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

NEC Electronics Announces the World's First Single-Chip LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players
Aug 4, 2008 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has announced that it has developed the world's first single-chip to integrate the main Blu-ray Disc player functions (including the digital conversion of analog data read from optical discs).
News categories: NEC Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Telepath Collaborated with Infineon and SMIC to Successfully Enable Diverse Mobile TV Devices for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Aug 4, 2008 – SMIC (NYSE:SMI; SEHK:981) has announced that Telepath Technologies has successfully integrated its CMMB demodulator chip, TP3001, in a majority of the mobile TV phones distributed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
News categories: Telepath Technologies, SMIC, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Lenovo to supply CMMB-enabled TD-SCDMA phones to China Mobile
Jul 31, 2008 – Lenovo Mobile (Hong Kong: 0992) and Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) have jointly presented Lenovo's TD900 to China Mobile (Hong Kong: 0941; NYSE: CHL). The TD900's design is based on Spreadtrum's TD-SCDMA plus CMMB mobile-TV solution.
News categories: Spreadtrum, Lenovo Mobile, China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

SIDSA features its latest multiplatform solutions at IBC
Jul 30, 2008 – SIDSA will showcase its activity in the fields of Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile TV and Conditional Access during IBC. The company will bring its latest innovations to the show, from demodulator chipsets to complete fully interoperable turn-key solutions.
News categories: SIDSA, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Micronas Launches Digital Terrestrial TV Demodulator for Standard- and High-Definition Broadcast TV in China
Jul 30, 2008 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced the DRX 398yZ family of digital terrestrial demodulators targeted at the rapidly growing digital television market in China. The family demodulates according to China's GB20600-2006 standard.
News categories: Micronas, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Silicon Motion Announces Second Quarter Results for the Period Ended June 30, 2008
Jul 29, 2008 – Sales by Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) of mobile communication products, which include mobile TV tuners and other RF ICs, were $10.0 million for the second quarter, an increase of 31% from the first quarter primarily due to higher mobile TV IC sales.
News categories: Silicon Motion, Mobile, Results, Semiconductor

Microtune Surpasses 100 Million TV Tuner Chips Shipped
Jul 29, 2008 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that it has achieved a major corporate milestone with the shipment of more than 100 million silicon TV tuners.
News categories: Microtune, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Set Top Box Unit Shipments Spike As Digital TV Services Proliferate
Jul 29, 2008 – Strong demand from Free-to-Air satellite service, coupled with the expanding availability of digital cable TV and IPTV services, fueled a record-setting number of digital set top box unit shipments in 2007 according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial