Digital TV Semiconductor News

Vimicro Announces Strategic Development Agreement with CSMBC for CMMB Mobile TV

Digital TV News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:13:31 +0000

Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC) has announced a strategic development partnership with China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC) to advance the development of mobile TV under the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.

ZiiLABS Introduces 1080p Blu-ray Quality Handheld Media Processor

Digital TV News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:30:51 +0000

ZiiLABS (SIN:C76) has announced the ZMS-08, its media-rich applications processor that brings 1080p Blu-ray quality H.264 decode to low-power connected devices such as web tablets, netbooks, connected TVs, video conferencing systems and home media hubs.

Minerva and Sigma Designs Announce IPTV Set-Top Box Collaboration

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:01 +0000

Minerva Networks has unveiled enhancements to its client software to reduce the effort required to deploy set-top boxes based on Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) ICs. Wistron (Taipei:6285) will be first-to-market with a set-top box featuring the solution.

NEC Electronics Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:10:00 +0000

NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has released results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Although sales of the company's 'EMMA' series, especially for blu-ray, increased, semiconductors for game consoles and home appliances declined year-on-year.

STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:51 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) have announced that ST has adopted the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor, in addition to the Mali®-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV ICs.

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®

Digital TV News — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:20:39 +0000

Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.

Entropic Communications Reports Third Quarter Results

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:20:37 +0000

Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Entropic reported third quarter net revenues of $31.0 million, two percent lower than in the third quarter of 2008.

Trident Microsystems Reports Results for First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:10:00 +0000

Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. The company also announced that its SoC has been selected for 2010 production by one of the largest global manufacturers of LCD televisions.

Skyworth Selects Entropic Communications Ethernet-Over-Coax for China MDUs

Digital TV News — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:54:03 +0000

Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that Skyworth (Hong Kong: 0751) has selected Entropic's Broadband Access solution to develop Ethernet over Coax (EoC) connectivity to multiple dwelling unit (MDU) apartments in mainland China.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Digital TV News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:43 +0000

NXP Semiconductors has announced its third quarter results. Home segment sales for the quarter were USD 217 million compared to USD 212 million in the same quarter in 2008, a nominal sales increase of 2.4%.

Microtune Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:10:42 +0000

Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has reported results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. Through September 30, 2009, Microtune has shipped a cumulative number of approximately 143.7 million silicon tuner chips.

Broadcom to ‘right-size’ digital TV organisation

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:00:21 +0000

Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported unaudited financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2009 was $1.254 billion, a decrease of 3.4% compared with the third quarter of 2008.

Cable STB IC from STMicroelectronics shipping in volume in China

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:54 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that its highly integrated single-chip STi5197 cable STB decoder is now shipping in high volume to leading STB makers in China.

STMicroelectronics Reports 2009 Third Quarter and Nine Month Financial Results

Digital TV News — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:00:19 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2009 third quarter and nine months ended September 26, 2009. In comparison to the year-ago quarter, all market segments decreased with Consumer down by 28%.

MIPS Licenses Processor to Novatek for Multimedia SoC Designs

Digital TV News — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:13 +0000

MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) has announced that Novatek Microelectronics has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc™ processor core to power advanced chip designs for a variety of multimedia devices for the digital home.

Marvell Launches ARMADA Application Processor Family

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:40:14 +0000

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) has announced the ARMADA™ family of processors. The ARMADA 1000 series is focused on enabling connected full-HD consumer devices, offering networked applications at mainstream price points.

SiTune Unveils Mobile DVB-T Demodulator Exceeding MBRAI Specification

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:36:50 +0000

SiTune has announced a state of the art and revolutionary mobile DVB-T demodulator IC. STN-10D3000 is a highly integrated mobile DVB-T demodulator that exceeds MBRAI performance specification with excellent Doppler performance.

GCT Semiconductor Develops Single-Chip T-DMB Receiver with Integrated DC/DC Converter

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:32:03 +0000

GCT® Semiconductor has announced its mobile TV receiver, GDM7024, a high performance single-chip receiver with built-in DC/DC converter, specifically developed for the T-DMB market in Korea.

Microtune Unveils Ultra-Small, Super-Integrated MicroCeiver™ IC Platform

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:39 +0000

Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced details of a new ultra-small, low-cost technology platform, named MicroCeiver™, that is the foundation for the Company’s new breed of highly integrated receiver products for the digital TV and cable TV.

Digital TVs Vie to Bring Internet Connectivity to the Living Room

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:38 +0000

With digital televisions (DTVs) supplanting analog models in much of the world, manufacturers are adding new features such as Internet connectivity and wireless HD capability to broaden their appeal, reports In-Stat.

Samsung Develops World’s First Single Chip for ATSC Mobile Digital TV

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:43 +0000

Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930) has announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first single chip compatible with the newly approved North American mobile digital TV broadcasting standard.

Vishay announces Small-Form-Factor, Multilayer Ceramic Chip Antennas for Mobile Devices

Digital TV News — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:57 +0000

Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE: VSH) has announced the industry’s first high-performance multilayer ceramic chip antennas for mobile devices to cover the entire UHF band from 470 MHz to 860 MHz.

Overall Market for Consumer Device Semiconductors Declines in 2008

Digital TV News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:55:09 +0000

According to IDC, the worldwide semiconductor market for consumer devices declined 2.6% from $44.0 billion in 2007 to $42.9 billion in 2008.

Sigma Designs to Acquire CopperGate Communications

Digital TV News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:59 +0000

Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) and CopperGate Communications have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Sigma to acquire CopperGate in a cash and stock transaction with an agreed value of $160 million.

Mirics and Shanghai HDIC deliver HD broadcast TV capability to PC users in China

Digital TV News — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:32 +0000

Mirics Semiconductor and Shanghai HDIC have announced the availability of a digital TV reference design targeting the full range of portable and desktop PC devices. The USB dongle reference design is compliant with China's DTTB standard.

Amino Announces IPTV Set-Top Box Powered By Intel Processor

Digital TV News — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:30:18 +0000

Amino Communications (LSE: AMO) has demonstrated an IPTV set-top box (STB) that is powered by the new Intel® Atom™ Processor CE4100.

On2 Releases Hantro Multiformat Hardware Decoder with On2 VP6 Support

Digital TV News — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:00:02 +0000

On2 Technologies (NYSE Amex: ONT) has announced that it has released its new flagship hardware video decoder design, the Hantro™ 9190. The 9190 is the tenth generation of the Hantro line of decoders.

MaxLinear Introduces Hybrid Digital/Analog Tuner for TV Applications

Digital TV News — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:20:33 +0000

MaxLinear has announced the MxL301RF, a new low-power hybrid digital/analog silicon tuner for the next generation of small and large screen television applications.

Sigma Commits Android™ Support Across Its Line of Consumer Media Processors

Digital TV News — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:10:13 +0000

Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) has announced its commitment to broad scale support of the Android™ operating system on its media processor SoCs.

SiBEAM Second Generation Chipsets Accelerate WirelessHD Market Adoption

Digital TV News — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:10:08 +0000

SiBEAM has unveiled its second generation 60GHz chipsets based on the WirelessHD® specification at CEATEC Japan. The new chipsets serve to boost and simplify CE manufacturer accessibility and WirelessHD product development.