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

LG Electronics Launches ATSC Digital TV Broadcast Receiver Chipset
Apr 17, 2007 – To support the completion of the digital television (DTV) transition in the United States, LG Electronics Inc. is launching its sixth-generation reception circuitry in a wide range of DTV products hitting the market this year.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

Philips launches new forensic watermarking tool for PayTV
Apr 15, 2007 – Complementing its extensive portfolio of content identification products, Philips introduces VTrack, an advanced watermarking technology that offers PayTV providers a new tool to get a grip on illegal content duplication and distribution. More …
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Watermarking

STMicroelectronics Supports Chinese AVS Standard for IPTV
Apr 13, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced cost-effective support for the recently established Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard), using its leading-edge TV STB decoder chips. More …
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

MaxLinear Smallest Silicon Tuner for Mobile TV Applications
Apr 11, 2007 – MaxLinear has announced the availability of MxL7001, the world's smallest silicon tuner for mobile TV based on the company's next-generation TV tuner platform.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

BenQ selects Siano Mobile TV Receiver Chip for DVB-H Mobile Phones
Apr 11, 2007 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that its SMS1010 multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip has been selected by Taiwan’s leading brand consumer electronics maker BenQ to enable MDTV in BenQ’s 3G and 2.5G mobile phones. More …
News categories: 5G, Mobile, Semiconductor

MIPS and Trident Microsystems Complete MIPS32 24KEc Licensing
Apr 11, 2007 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that Trident Microsystems has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc(TM) Pro core for use in Trident’s next-generation consumer devices. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Entropic Communications to acquire RF Magic
Apr 10, 2007 – Entropic Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RF Magic, a leading developer of broadband radio frequency (RF) systems-on-a-chip. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor

Korea Telecom to Deploy DASAN STBs Powered by Sigma Media Processors
Apr 10, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) and DASAN Networks have announced that Korea Telecom (KT) has selected DASAN Networks for deployment of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for their Megapass TV service.
News categories: Sigma Designs, DASAN Networks, Korea Telecom (KT), Megapass, ATSC 3, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

What's inside an Apple TV: Tear-down reveals (almost) all
Apr 4, 2007 – Wondering which firms help make Apple TV possible? Investment researchers over at Prudential Equity Group are supplying some answers after having purchased one of the new Apple devices and torn it down. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Semiconductor, Streaming