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

SIRIUS selects NXP Semiconductors for satellite TV service
May 24, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) has selected its Nexperia(TM) PNX9520 processor for SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM), a TV service that delivers live TV directly to vehicles. More …
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, USA

Fujitsu Launches Industry's First Single-Chip IC for Full HD H.264 Video Processing with Embedded Memory
May 23, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America (FMA) has introduced the latest in its family of highly integrated video processing devices that support the H.264 format.
News categories: Fujitsu Microelectronics, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Fujitsu Introduces Codec IC For H.264 HD consumer equipment
May 22, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has announced the introduction of a new semiconductor chip capable of real-time compression and decompression of high-definition H.264 video format and Dolby Digital sound format.
News categories: Fujitsu Microelectronics, ANGA COM, Camcorder, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Fujitsu Digital Television Decoder Offers Advanced Features for PVR Applications
May 22, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has announced the latest member of its SmartMPEG family, the SmartMPEG-C, an advanced Digital Television Decoder designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's Set-Top Box and IDTV market.
News categories: Fujitsu Microelectronics, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

DivX, Inc. Certifies STMicroelectronics' STi710x Family
May 22, 2007 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced that the company has concluded a license agreement with STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and has completed DivX Certification of ST's STi710x family of chips to enable DivX on set-top box devices worldwide.
News categories: Digital TV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

DiBcom '3 in 1' DVB-T Receiver Chipset for PCs
May 22, 2007 – On the occasion of Computex 2007 in Taipei, the largest computer show in Asia, DiBcom is proud to launch its latest "3-in-1" chip, the DIB7770, as well as its associated USB 2.0 development platform, the STK7770P.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Streaming, Terrestrial

MIPS Unveils 74K™ Family Of Synthesizable Processor Cores
May 22, 2007 – Leveraging more than two decades of market and technology leadership, MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has unveiled its next-generation processor core family based on an innovative embedded microarchitecture.
News categories: ATSC 3, Blu-ray, Digital TV, HD-DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

NSCC AVS IPTV Set Top Box Based on TI's DaVinci(TM) Technology
May 21, 2007 – Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and National Source Coding Audio & Video Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (NSCC) have announced the delivery of the industry’s first single-chip IPTV set-top box (STB) solution enabling dual decoding of AVS and H.264. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, China, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran Powers Siemens Terrestrial Twin-Tuner DVR STBs
May 21, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced that its SupraTV® processor powers new families of Siemens free-to-air terrestrial set-top boxes products supporting integrated twin-tuner Digital Video Recording of two simultaneous programs. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial