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Bluestreak's MachBlue Media Platform to use STMicroelectronics' Digital TV Decoder Chips
Sep 24, 2007 – Bluestreak Technology, the developer of the MachBlue™ platform for mobile phones and digital television, has announced that, together with STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), the MachBlue platform will be using its STi710X family of decoder chips.
News categories: Bluestreak Technology, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) Selects MIPS32® M4K® Core for Next-Generation Video Processing
Sep 24, 2007 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) has licensed the low-power MIPS32® M4K® processor core for the development of advanced H.264 video processing applications.
News categories: Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, MIPS Technologies, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Xceive and Genesis Launch Reference Design Supporting Digital and Analog Broadcast Reception for HD Flat-Panel TVs
Sep 24, 2007 – Xceive Corporation and Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq:GNSS) have announced the launch of a joint reference design platform for HD flat-panel TV manufacturers.
News categories: Xceive, Genesis Microchip, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV

ARC Acquires Alarity Corporation; Establishes Multimedia Development Center in St. Petersburg, Russia
Sep 24, 2007 – ARC International (LSE:ARK) has announced that it has acquired Alarity Corporation. Alarity is a privately held U.S. multimedia company that has a renowned team of close to 40 personnel based in St. Petersburg, Russia specializing in codec software, firmware, and advanced multimedia architectures.
News categories: ARC International, Digital TV, MandA, Russia, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

Toshiba to Demonstrate Prototype of New SpursEngine™ Processor at CEATEC JAPAN 2007
Sep 20, 2007 – Toshiba Corporation has announced development of the "SpursEngine™", a high-performance stream processor integrating Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores derived from the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.™).
News categories: Toshiba, Digital TV, Gaming, Semiconductor

Digital TV to be integrated into laptops
Sep 20, 2007 – Laptops will soon be able to receive DVB-T television signals without the need for a third-party tuner and external aerial, it was revealed at the Intel Developer Forum.
News categories: Intel Corp, Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Digital TV, Semiconductor, Streaming, Terrestrial

DS2 launches Aitana™ the state-of-the-art 200Mbps Powerline Chipset at Intel Developer Forum, Fall 2007
Sep 18, 2007 – DS2 has unveiled Aitana its state-of-the-art integrated 200Mbps chipset, the powerline industry's most innovative and cost-efficient design that further integrates external components into the silicon to deliver the best consumer multi-media experience.
News categories: DS2, Intel Developer Forum, Universal Powerline Association, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Horizon Semiconductors announces the world's first single chip dual channel 1080/60p HD decoder & integrated transcoder for Cable and Satellite Set-Top Boxes
Sep 17, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of the industry's first single chip multi-standard dual-channel HD Decoder with integrated Encoder/Transcoder for the Cable and Satellite Set-Top Box, Digital Video Recorder and Home Media Center markets.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran Demonstrates ATSC Set-Top Converter Box Designed to Meet ENERGY STAR Requirements
Sep 17, 2007 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced that its advanced ATSC-compliant set-top converter box reference design, demonstrated last week at the International Broadcast Congress (IBC) in Amsterdam, is available to qualified Zoran customers.
News categories: Zoran, ATSC 3, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA