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

Genesis Microchip Launches New DTV SoC Family
Jan 8, 2007 – Genesis® Microchip (Nasdaq:GNSS) has announced the launch of its new, advanced Chaplin DTV system-on-a-chip families at CES. This new product series, which integrates the DTV MPEG controller, Emmy award-winning Faroudja video processing functions and other digital and analog TV requirements into a single chip, is sampling to major DTV manufacturers worldwide.
News categories: ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

LG Selects Broadcom for Combined Blu-ray/HD DVD Player
Jan 8, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that its combined Blu-ray™ disc and HD DVD system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics Inc. for next generation DVD players.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Semiconductor

Samsung Selects Broadcom for BD-P1200 Blu-ray DVD Player
Jan 8, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that Samsung Electronics has selected its complete Blu-ray™ chipset solution for its next generation BD-P1200 high definition DVD player.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor

Pixelworks and AMIMON Fuse Video Performance and WHDI Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – Pixelworks and AMIMON have announced reference designs that combine Pixelworks' video and image processing hardware and software and AMIMON's Wireless HD Interface (WHDI) wireless uncompressed HDTV solution on a single platform.
News categories: AMIMON, Pixelworks, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Xceive Makes Conventional CAN Tuners Obsolete With New Silicon Tuner
Jan 8, 2007 – Xceive® Corporation, the market leader in multi-standard RF-to-baseband silicon transceivers for the digital home market, today announced its next generation silicon tuner, the XC5000.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Newport Media and CyberLink Collaborate to Deliver Fast-Switching Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – Newport Media has announced that it has partnered with CyberLink to deliver fast channel switching times for mobile TV.
News categories: CES2025, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor

Auvitek Launches AU852x Demodulator Family
Jan 8, 2007 – Auvitek has announced the AU852x family of 6th generation HDTV and ATV Demodulators. All of the new ICs provide leadership performance in ATSC (8-VSB), digital cable (QAM) and legacy analog TV applications.
News categories: Auvitek, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Broadcom's Digital TV System-on-a-Chip Improves Westinghouse Digital's LCD HDTV Performance and Cost
Jan 7, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its BCM3560 digital TV system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been selected by Westinghouse Digital for their 32- inch and 27-inch liquid crystal display high definition televisions (LCD HDTVs).
News categories: Broadcom, Westinghouse, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

New STB IC from ST Cuts Costs and Supports Latest Security Specifications
Jan 5, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has announced the STi5107, a new MPEG decoder for standard definition TV, within the Company's OMEGA family of STB solutions.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box