| ESD devices evolve to meet trends
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2008-06-02 |
| Key parameters to consider when looking to protect system circuitry from ESD strikes include clamping voltage, capacitance, dynamic resistance, contact discharge and packaging. But it's not enough to acknowledge these parameters; sometimes you have to look at them a little more closely. |
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| Freescale, Fujitsu, Alpha develop digital media server platform
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2008-05-16 |
| Freescale Semiconductor, Fujitsu Microelectronics and Alpha Systems have developed a digital media server development platform that enables real-time transcoding of video content. |
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| HDMI goes mobile
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2008-05-01 |
| How to connect to and display high-definition video from portable devices on a large-screen TV without losing image quality is key design challenge facing many OEMs. In response, MIPS Technologies unveiled what it claims is the industry's first 65nm IP offerings for HDMI |
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| Samsung brings 3D experience to plasma HDTV
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2008-04-28 |
| Samsung's Series 4 450 plasma HDTVs enable consumers to have an interactive 3D experience for enjoying a wide range of content, including movies, video games and Web content. |
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| Parade Technologies bets on DisplayPort for PC video
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2008-04-25 |
| Calling itself an early bird in this new standard domain, Parade Technologies sees DisplayPort as a serious opportunity, given the right engineering resources. |
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| Raise UWB throughput for wireless HD video
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2008-04-01 |
| Here's a report on the promise and technical challenges facing UWB, and on the throughput and encryption considerations for HD video distribution. |
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| Sub-$1,000 Dell notebooks get Blu-ray drive
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2008-04-01 |
| Dell announced it has added a Blu-ray drive to its Inspiron line of laptops that sell for less than $1,000. |
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| FlatWire offers simpler, less costly alternative to WPANs
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2008-03-24 |
| FlatWire Technologies claims it has pre-empted the need for complex, expensive new wireless technologies—such as 60GHz wireless personal area networks (WPAN)—with a simpler, cheaper solution that is available today. |
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| MIPS, NXP extend partnership to HDMI
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2008-02-22 |
| MIPS and NXP have extended their strategic relationship to offer HDMI-based IP solutions for digital home applications, including high-definition DTVs and display units, A/V receivers and STBs |
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| It's a full house for digital TV links
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2008-02-01 |
| Consumer electronics companies are asking the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to mandate that their products be given access to applications and services running on the headend systems of cable TV providers. |
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| The battle of the media hub in the digital home
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2008-01-16 |
| The PC and TV are converging. Between these extremes sits the STB. Powerful commercial motivations have already caused the PC and STB communities to make bold moves to claim this territory and be part of a three-way fight. |
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| Managing latency in video encoding, decoding
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2008-01-16 |
| In applications where there is a closed feedback loop, latency is the most crucial aspect of the system, as it determines whether the system will be stable or not. Keeping the latency of a video codec as minimal as possible is the proper approach for such systems. In many such applications, latency measured in sub-10ms is crucial. |
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| HDMI crosses over to mobile world
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2008-01-14 |
| Silicon Image has rolled out technology and chips to bring its high-end wired HDMI to mobile devices including digital cameras, portable media players and cellphones |
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| DisplayPort ready to ramp, may target DTVs
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2008-01-14 |
| Designed by PC makers as a replacement for the aging DVI, VGA and LVDS interconnects in desktops, notebooks and LCD monitors, DisplayPort ultimately may see use as link in DTV as well. |
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| WiMedia Alliance heads calls for spectrum division
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2007-12-19 |
| To avoid a fight over bandwidth on unlicensed frequencies, the industry needs to carve up spectrum bands based on what applications best fit in them, says Stephen Wood, president of the WiMedia Alliance. |
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