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CES 2008: ARC-Based™ Consumer Devices Fueling the 'YouTube Generation' on Display
Jan 14, 2008 – ARC International (LSE: ARK) has announced that more than fifteen customers and partners participated in last week's 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
News categories: ARC International, CES2025, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Lumanate Integrates ViXS Video Processor into Lazer Line of PC Multimedia Acceleration Cards
Jan 10, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced that Lumanate will use the ViXS XCode™ 3106, the most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder chipset available today, to provide hardware transcoding in its new line of Lazer PC multimedia acceleration cards.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Lumanate, CES2025, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Auvitek's AU8522 Demodulator IC Drives Hauppauge's HVR-950q PC-TV Solution
Jan 10, 2008 – Auvitek International has announced that Hauppauge (NASDAQ: HAUP) has selected Auvitek's AU8522 ATSC/QAM/NTSC demodulator for use in its WinTV HVR-950q PC-TV USB stick.
News categories: Auvitek, Hauppauge, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, USA

ViXS and Legend Silicon Collaborate on GB20600-2006 DTTV Tuner Card for Growing Chinese Market
Jan 10, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced a low-cost, feature-rich digital terrestrial TV tuner card reference design for the rapidly growing GB20600-2006 market in China.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Legend Silicon, CES2025, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ARC® Video Subsystem Family Now Supports Popular RealVideo® Format, Extending ARC's Multi-Standard Advantage
Jan 10, 2008 – ARC International (LSE: ARK) has, at the Consumer Electronics Show, announced the availability of a RealVideo® decoder for the ARC® Video Subsystem family.
News categories: ARC International, Helix Community, CES2025, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Streaming

Hitachi Optimizes Audio Visual Storage Manager
Jan 9, 2008 – Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced a number of design enhancements to its AVSM™ (Audio-Visual Storage Manager) software technology, including compatibility with Broadcom's set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions.
News categories: Hitachi Global Storage, Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Sunplus and Ocean Blue Collaborate to Develop Interactive, Mobile TV Platform
Jan 9, 2008 – Sunplus Technology (TAIEX: 2401, LSE: SUPD) and Ocean Blue Software have collaborated to develop a portable Freeview DVB-T platform with full interactive features.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Sunplus, CES2025, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Tablet, Terrestrial, UK

Polaroid Selects Qpixel's Industry-Leading H.264 Codec for Its Freescape™ Set-Top Box
Jan 9, 2008 – Qpixel Technology has announced that Polaroid has adopted Qpixel's QL201B H.264 codec for its new line of Freescape™ set-top boxes.
News categories: Qpixel, Polaroid, Avtrex, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Alticast's AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Solution Integrated in HitachiSoft Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Universal Player Platform
Jan 8, 2008 – Alticast has announced that its AltiCaptor Blu-ray™ Disc Java (BDJ) solution was selected by Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (HitachiSoft) for its future Blu-ray Disc customers.
News categories: Alticast, HitachiSoft, Broadcom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor