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

NDS CA Integrated with ST's STi5107 Chipset
Apr 3, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has completed the integration of NDS’ advanced security features on STMicroelectronics’ STi5107 chipset. More …
News categories: China, Conditional Access, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Chip supports China's CMMB mobile TV
Apr 1, 2007 – A Chinese chip company announced that it has developed the first mobile TV chip based on a domestic specification called China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB). More …
News categories: China, Mobile, Semiconductor

Genesis Microchip and Legend Silicon DTV Platform for China
Apr 1, 2007 – Genesis Microchip and Legend Silicon have announced a market-ready DTV platform customized for TV manufacturers to deliver fully featured DTVs into the Chinese market quickly and cost-effectively. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor

DiBcom and SkyCross Collaborate on Mobile TV Antennas
Mar 29, 2007 – DiBcom and SkyCross have announced a collaboration today to provide complete, integrated mobile TV solutions that are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcast standards, DVB-T and DVB-H. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Zoran Powers Xoceco's New Family of China Cable STBs
Mar 28, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced that its SupraTV® processor powers new families of China cable set-top boxes from Xoceco, now shipping in China. More …
News categories: Cable TV, CCBN, China, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Actions Semiconductor Licenses MIPS32 24KEc Pro CPU
Mar 28, 2007 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that Actions Semiconductor has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc(TM) Pro core to develop next-generation SoCs for portable, digital multimedia applications. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Tablet

Under the Hood: Samsung phone dials up digital TV
Mar 27, 2007 – The Samsung SGH-P920 adds to an already impressive feature set the ability to receive Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld television programming. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Ocean Blue software for NXP STB hardware platforms
Mar 27, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software, the specialist digital TV software developer, has released its DVB software products on NXP’s entry-level Nexperia STB100 & STB200 platforms. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, UK

RF Magic Introduces Ultra-Compact DVB-C Silicon Tuner
Mar 27, 2007 – RF Magic has announced the introduction of the RF4800, an advanced single-chip digital video broadcasting over cable (DVB-C) silicon tuner integrated circuit (IC) developed specifically for applications compliant with the international DVB-C standard.
News categories: Cable TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box