Silicon IP (CPU cores, audio/video IP, demodulator IP, …) News

MStar licenses Imagination Technologies' PowerVR graphics IP
Sep 20, 2011 – Imagination Technologies (LSE: IMG) has signed a license agreement with MStar Semiconductor for IP from Imagination's PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics family. MStar will deploy Imagination's technologies in SoCs targeting consumer markets.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, MStar Semi, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Imagination and Orca Systems partner to deliver integrated TV receiver solutions
Sep 14, 2011 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) has announced that Orca Systems has licensed Imagination's Ensigma UCCP320 based demodulator technology to combine with Orca's TV tuner technology in a new family of TV receiver devices.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Orca Systems, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Trident Microsystems Selects Cryptography Research for Pay TV Security
Sep 7, 2011 – Cryptography Research (NASDAQ:RMBS) has announced that Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ:TRID) has integrated CRI's CryptoFirewall™ security technology into Trident's new TSC100 family of STB Systems on Chip (SoCs).
News categories: Cryptography Research, Trident Micro, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

Verimatrix Licenses Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall™ Security Technology
Sep 1, 2011 – Cryptography Research (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Verimatrix have announced that Verimatrix has licensed Cryptography Research's CryptoFirewall™ security core technology to help build advanced solutions protecting video delivery revenue streams.
News categories: Cryptography Research, Verimatrix, Content Protection, Silicon IP

Idea! Electronic Systems Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 Group for Digital TV ASIC
Aug 29, 2011 – S3 Group has announced that Idea! Electronic Systems has licensed its mixed-signal IP for their Digital TV ASIC. Idea! Electronic Systems is an engineering design-house specialized in electronic design for the telecommunication industry.
News categories: S3 Group, Idea! Electronic Systems, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Creonic Announces DVB-C2 Receiver IP Core
Aug 22, 2011 – Creonic has announced the availability of a DVB-C2 receiver IP Core for fourth quarter of 2011. After DVB-C, DVB-C2 is the second generation of digital data transmission via cable networks.
News categories: Creonic, Cable TV, DVB-C2, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Silicon Image Expands IP Portfolio With High-Quality Video Processing Technology
Aug 22, 2011 – Silicon Image (NASDAQ:SIMG) has announced its new family of high-quality cineramIC™ video processing IP cores, ranging from scalers and deinterlacers to video enhancement solutions such as noise reduction and edge enhancement.
News categories: Silicon Image, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

LG Electronics Picks Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP and SW Codecs for HDTV
Aug 2, 2011 – Tensilica has announced that LG Electronics (KSE: 066570) has selected the HiFi Audio DSP core and several audio codecs for their new digital television (DTV) product line.
News categories: Tensilica, LG Electronics, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Jointwave Provides Low-Power, Low-Latency H.264 Codec for Consumer ASIC
Jul 21, 2011 – Jointwave has announced that it has signed two licensing agreements to provide its H.264 video codec IP cores for consumer application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC).
News categories: Jointwave, Semiconductor, Silicon IP