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

Fresco Microchip single-chip hybrid receiver for DVB-T markets
Jun 4, 2007 – Fresco Microchip has announced the FM2080, a single-chip demodulator for universal analog (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) and DVB-T digital television broadcasts.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Newport Media Samples MBRAI Compliant DVB-H System on Chip
Jun 4, 2007 – Newport Media has announced it has begun customer sampling of its NMI310 single-chip Sundance H mobile digital TV receiver, the industry's most highly integrated mobile TV solution.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Ceroma Selects Silicon Image's Video Decoder IP Core for Its DTV Chip
Jun 1, 2007 – Silicon Image (NASDAQ: SIMG) has announced that CeRoma will integrate Silicon Image’s Multistandard HD Video Decoder (MSVD-HD) IP core in a SoC for consumer electronics products including set-top boxes and DTVs. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV

LG and ARM Develop Converter Technology For US TV Switchover
Jun 1, 2007 – ARM (LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMHY) has announced that LG Electronics has licensed the ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor for its new line of digital set-top boxes. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Terrestrial

Highgate Completes Electra Entertainment Porting
May 31, 2007 – Under contract with Electra Entertainment Ltd (UK), Highgate has completed integration of Electra's interactive technology with its eGOS software stack.
News categories: Highgate, Electra Entertainment, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Conexant Front-End Solution for Terrestrial Set-Top Box Applications
May 29, 2007 – Conexant Systems (NASDAQ:CNXT) has announced the CX24230 digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) demodulator and CX24210 worldwide terrestrial and cable tuner.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Intel Delivers First Dual Channel Demodulators For Consumer Electronics Devices
May 29, 2007 – Intel has unveiled its first single-chip digital TV dual demodulators for the consumer electronics (CE) market. The demodulator extracts the digital channel from the target broadcast signal to deliver high-quality broadcast TV reception.
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Digital cable TV heats up in China, but challenges loom
May 29, 2007 – Subscribers to digital cable TV in China hit 14.2 million in the first quarter, driven by interest in Beijing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Sichuan, according to a report from market researcher Analysys International. More …
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Subscribers

Enuclia sends staff home
May 27, 2007 – One of Oregon’s most promising startups has furloughed nearly half of its 53 employees after a prospective investor backed out of a financing deal at the “”11th hour,”” the company said Thursday.” More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Venture Capital