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

Intel Cooperates With DVN Group On Set-Top Box
Nov 22, 2007 – By joining hands with leading Chinese digital television solution provider Digital Video Networks, Intel (INTC) has entered China's set-top box market.
News categories: Intel Corp, Digital Video Networks (DVN), China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

FDC1101 DMB-TH Demodulator Chip and Solutions Launched
Nov 22, 2007 – The mass-produced FDC1101 chip, a joint venture between Tsinghua University, Fudan University and Fudan Microelectronics, has been unveiled, along with products and solutions based on the chip.
News categories: Shanghai Fudan Micronano Electronics, FDC1101, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Analog Devices And RealNetworks Team To Provide Key Video Technology In Portable Media Players
Nov 20, 2007 – Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) has announced that it is working with RealNetworks® to provide the latest generation of Personal Media featuring full D1 broadcast resolution playback of RealVideo® and RealAudio® media files, the same formats used in RealPlayer®.
News categories: Analog Devices, RealNetworks, Aigo, Digital TV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Streaming, Tablet

Horizon Semiconductors sets in motion next generation location-free universal HD-DVD/Blu-Ray™ decoder/transcoder SoC
Nov 19, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of a System-On-a-Chip (SoC) solution enabling dual channel native 1080/60p decoding, encoding and transcoding for next generation media players/recorders supporting the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray™ optical disc formats.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Report Presents The Development of STB Markets in China and Abroad and Also Studies the STB Application Market
Nov 15, 2007 – According to ResearchInChina, global sales of set-top boxes reached over 70 million units in 2005, of which satellite STBs were 60%. In China, digital cable TV set-top box sales volume will reach 25 million units by 2008.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Leading-Edge Decoder Technology Powers New Set-Top Box in Brazil
Nov 15, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that Gradiente's DHD800 high-definition (HD) set-top box - the first to offer full compliance with the new Brazilian SBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital) digital terrestrial TV standard - is based on ST's industry-leading STi7100 single-chip HDTV decoder technology.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, SBTVD Forum, Ministério das Comunicações SBTVD site, Brazil, Digital TV, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

First Fully Programmable High Definition H.264 Video Solution Demonstrated by AllGo Systems and Silicon Hive
Nov 14, 2007 – Silicon Hive B.V. and AllGo Embedded Systems Pvt. Ltd. are demonstrating a fully-programmable Full High Definition H.264 Baseline Level 4 decoder solution at the Embedded Technology Exhibition in Yokohama, Japan from Nov 14-16th 2007.
News categories: Silicon Hive, AllGo Embedded Systems, Embedded Technology (ET), Semiconductor, Silicon IP

China Makes Breakthrough In RF Chip
Nov 13, 2007 – The world's first WLAN IEEE802.11a/b/g + DVB-H radio frequency chip has reportedly been developed at the Suzhou Chinese Academy of Sciences Semiconductor Integration Research and Development Center
News categories: China, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Renesas Technology Releases SH-MobileR2 Application Processor for Car Navigation Systems and PNDs Supporting One-Seg TV Broadcasts
Nov 13, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced the SH-MobileR2 application processor intended for use in portable and mobile devices with support for One-Seg terrestrial digital TV broadcasts, such as car navigation systems and personal navigation devices (PNDs).
News categories: Renesas Technology, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor