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Abilis Systems Ships World's First Production DVB-T 90nm CMOS 'Single-Die' Mobile Digital TV Receiver
Sep 3, 2007 – Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX) company, has announced the production silicon shipment of the AS-102, the world's first 90nm CMOS true 'single-die' DVB-T mobile digital TV receiver.
News categories: IBCShow, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Toshiba launches H.264/VC-1 video decoder IC
Aug 31, 2007 – Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has expanded its family of integrated devices for digital television applications by launching a single-chip H.264/VC-1 video decoder IC.
News categories: Toshiba, Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

NTT Electronics Corporation to Unveil 4:2:2 high-profile Real-time HD H.264 Solutions at IBC 2007 in Amsterdam
Aug 31, 2007 – NTT Electronics booth will exhibit the world's first 4:2:2 high-profile H.264/AVC HDTV/SDTV real-time Encoder / Decoder HV9100 series and real-time MPEG-2 to H.264 Transcoder HVT9100 with ultra-high quality video.
News categories: IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor

Metalink to Demonstrate Cutting-Edge Home Networking Solution at IBC
Aug 31, 2007 – Metalink Ltd. (NASDAQ: MTLK), has announced that it will demonstrate its performance-leading WLANPlus wireless networking solutions at the IBC show in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from September 7th-11th, 2007.
News categories: IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart Home

ViXS Demonstrates Latest Video Processing Solutions at IFA 2007
Aug 31, 2007 – ViXS Systems has announced that it will showcase its next-generation of video processor ICs and video processing technology at IFA 2007.
News categories: ViXS Systems, DVR, Gaming, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Tablet

Alticast Demonstrates AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Java Solution on Broadcom's Single-Chip BCM7440 Platform
Aug 30, 2007 – Alticast has announced that it will be demonstrating its AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Java (BDJ) solution at the IFA consumer electronics tradeshow in Berlin, Germany, from August 31st through September 5th.
News categories: Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, IFABerlin, Middleware, Semiconductor

Sunplus Presents World's First DVD SoC Solution SPHE8203A with DivX HD Playability at IFA2007
Aug 30, 2007 – Sunplus Technology (TSE:2401) (LSE:SUPD) has launched its new generation DVD player platform - SPHE8203A, which is the world's first SoC solution to support DivX high definition content playback. Sunplus will demonstrate SPHE8203A and its reference design at IFA 2007 (Stand 116, Hall 26) during Aug. 31-Sep. 5.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, ICs, IFABerlin, Media Player, Semiconductor

Revolutionary NXP technology creates picture perfect HD viewing experience
Aug 29, 2007 – NXP has launched the world's first video postprocessor with proprietary Motion Accurate Picture Processing technology, enabling TV manufacturers to drastically improve high-definition (HD) motion picture on LCD TVs.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Cinea's Running Marks Watermarking Technology Integrated With STMicroelectronics Chipsets
Aug 29, 2007 – Cinea, a subsidiary of Dolby Labs (NYSE:DLB), has announced that STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has integrated Cinea's Running Marks(TM) solution into its STi7109 System-on-Chip (SoC) HDTV decoder platform.
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Watermarking