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

Pace unveils WiMAX solution for delivery of content to and around the home
Sep 7, 2007 – Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC) is demonstrating at IBC2007 how 802.16 delivery to the home can be combined with 802.11 distribution in the home, to provide operators with a truly wireless content delivery solution and expand their service footprint.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Broadcom® Bluetooth® Platform Enables Innovative Applications in Home Entertainment
Sep 7, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a new platform that it will demonstrate at IBC2007 in Amsterdam, combining popular Broadcom® Bluetooth® wireless solutions with the company's industry leading digital cable and satellite television set-top box (STB) technologies.
News categories: IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Newport Media Demonstrates MediaFLO Tuner, Demodulator, Protocol Stack and Video Decoder at IBC
Sep 7, 2007 – IBC2007 - Newport Media has announced that it is demonstrating live streaming TV using MediaFLO™ mobile TV technology on a FLO™ receiver platform developed by Newport Media.
News categories: Newport Media, PacketVideo, MediaFLO, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Opera browser available with Intel® CE 2110 media processor through the Amino IntAct™ IPTV software stack
Sep 7, 2007 – Opera Software has announced that the Opera 8.5 browser for Devices has been ported to the Intel® CE 2110 Media Processor through Amino's IntAct™ IPTV software stack.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Osmosys EGG Solution Selected By STMicroelectronics To Enable Advanced Graphics Capabilities
Sep 7, 2007 – Osmosys (IBC stand IP233) has announced that its revolutionary new Enhanced Graphics enGine (EGG™) technology has been selected by STMicroelectronics.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Software

ViXS Launches New HD AVC Video Processor Family
Sep 7, 2007 – ViXS Systems has announced the introduction of its MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder system-on-a-chip (SOC) named XCode™ 3290.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor

Philips and Sunniwell Pay TV set-top boxes select Philips VTrack to deter piracy
Sep 7, 2007 – Philips Content Identification has announced that their advanced VTrack watermarking technology has been integrated into the set top boxes of leading manufacturers Sunniwell and Philips.
News categories: Philips, Sunniwell, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Watermarking

Analog Devices and SIDSA Demonstrate DVB-H on the Blackfin Processor
Sep 7, 2007 – Analog Devices has announced that it will demonstrate DVB-H receiver technology running on the Blackfin® processor at the IBC conference, in Amsterdam, September 7-11.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

Broadcom Announces Industry's First Fully Integrated, Multi-Format Single- and Dual-Channel Satellite Receivers
Sep 7, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the industry's first two fully integrated, single-chip, single- and dual-channel, multi-format satellite receivers configurable to support both DVB-S and DVB-S2 8PSK advanced modulation satellite applications.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-S2, IBCShow, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box