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

RMI Introduces Two New Processor ICs For Portable Consumer Devices
Jan 9, 2007 – Raza Microelectronics (RMI®) has announced two new products for next-generation Multifunction Portable Media Players (mPMP™) and other Consumer applications.
News categories: Raza Micro, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

Magnum Semi and Genesis Microchip Create Digital PVR-TV Platform
Jan 9, 2007 – In private suites at the Consumer Electronics Show, Magnum Semiconductor and Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq: GNSS) have begun demonstrating their jointly developed reference design for putting PVR features directly into new flat-panel TVs.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, Genesis Microchip, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Broadcom System-on-a-Chip Included in Haier Large LCD HDTVs
Jan 9, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its BCM3551 digital TV system-on-a-chip (SoC) is now featured within the Haier Group's family of liquid crystal display (LCD) high definition televisions (HDTVs).
News categories: Broadcom, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Broadcom Chipsets Power DIRECTV Set-Top Box Roadmap
Jan 9, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its semiconductor solutions for the satellite set-top box market are being used as the core technology in many DIRECTV high definition television (HDTV) and basic standard definition (SD) set-top boxes.
News categories: Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Actions Semiconductor Starts Sampling Series 13 Product Family
Jan 9, 2007 – Actions Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ACTS) has announced that it has begun shipping samples of its new Series 13 product family. The Series 13 product family features a dual-core architecture supporting full video and audio functionality on larger QVGA color displays.
News categories: Actions Semiconductor, Digital TV, Semiconductor

Broadcom® Set-Top Box Silicon Selected by Coship Electronics for Next Generation IP Products
Jan 9, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Coship Electronics Co., Ltd. has selected Broadcom as its primary silicon provider for next generation IP set-top box (STB) products.
News categories: Broadcom, Coship Electronics, CES2025, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

STMicroelectronics Announces World's First Dual HDTV Decoder Chip To Be Manufactured in 65nm Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new dual-video-stream high-definition (HD) decoder chip, the STi7200, intended for STBs, digital video recorders (DVRs) and DVD players.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NXP reveals industry's first IP set-top box platform with Windows Embedded CE 6.0
Jan 8, 2007 – At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), NXP Semiconductors announced the industry's first high-definition (HD) IP set-top box (STB) platform with support for Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0.
News categories: NXP, CES2025, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

DTS' and Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution gains major support by chip set manufacturers
Jan 8, 2007 – Coding Technologies and DTS (NASDAQ: DTSI) announced that the companies' 5.1 multi-channel aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution has gained support from Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT) and Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) for digital TV set top boxes.
News categories: aacPlus, DTS, Coding Technologies, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box