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Panasonic Develops World's First Single-Chip Signal Processing LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players
May 21, 2008 – Panasonic, the brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial (Tokyo:6752)(NYSE:MC) is known, has developed the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) player-specific single-chip signal processing LSI (MN2WS006), in response to the latest BD standards.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Semiconductor

NEC Electronics Introduces Cost-effective EMMA Digital SoCs for Next-Generation H.264 Video Standard
May 21, 2008 – NEC (TSE: 6723) has introduced two new image-processing solutions based on their EMMA™ platform. The new EMMA3SL/HD™ and EMMA3SL/SD™ devices enable users to build set-top boxes (STBs) or Digital TVs with next-generation H.264 video compression.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

UWB-based Short Range Wireless Technology to Have a Profound Impact on Future Mobile Device Communications
May 19, 2008 – Wireless USB, based on the WiMedia Alliance's Ultrawideband (UWB) common radio platform which is promoted by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), is slowly garnering attention from mobile device manufacturers as it has exhibited efficient power consumption.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Pulse-LINK Showcases Whole-Home HD Video Distribution with Ethernet-Over-Coax at The Cable Show
May 15, 2008 – At The Cable Show 2008, Pulse~LINK will demonstrate the advantages of its CWave® UWB Ethernet-Over-Coax solution for whole-home HD video distribution which provides a cost effective method to deploy whole-home DVR functionality.
News categories: Pulse~LINK, DVR, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Microtune at The Cable Show: Silicon Tuners Drive Next-Generation All-Digital Entertainment and Telecommunications Services
May 15, 2008 – At The Cable Show, Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUNE) will showcase state-of-the-art broadband TV tuners that are fueling cable television's evolution to next-generation all-digital entertainment and telecommunications.
News categories: Microtune, Cable TV, DOCSIS, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Sigma Designs to Showcase DOCSIS 3.0 Multi Channel and tru2way™ Set-Top Box at NCTA Cable Show 2008
May 15, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), leveraging Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) cable TV technology and VividLogic's tru2way™ software, has announced demonstrations of its DOCSIS 3.0 multi channel and tru2way™ set-top box at the NCTA Cable Show 2008.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Texas Instruments, VividLogic, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

ACCESS NetFront Browser Runs on Analog Devices' Blackfin Processor
May 14, 2008 – ACCESS CO., LTD. has announced that its NetFront™ Browser is available on Analog Devices' (ADI) Blackfin® Processor.
News categories: ACCESS CO., Analog Devices, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

Funai Electric to Demonstrate Residential Gateway Supporting Cable's All Digital Transition at The Cable Show '08 in New Orleans
May 13, 2008 – Funai Electric (TSE/OSE 6839) will exhibit a new residential gateway at The Cable Show in New Orleans. Funai developed the residential gateway for the U.S. cable market with core technology based on TeraPIX™ silicon from BroadLogic.
News categories: Funai, BroadLogic, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Semiconductor, USA

OpenTV Rapid Porting Program Joined by STMicroelectronics
May 12, 2008 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has joined OpenTV's 'Rapid Porting Program,' the OpenTV-led effort to provide rapid, high quality ports of OpenTV middleware to a wide range of chipsets and set-top boxes.
News categories: OpenTV, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box