| Pixelworks, AMIMON partner on HDTV reference designs
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2007-01-10 |
| Pixelworks and AMIMON will provide joint reference designs that combine Pixelworks video and image processing hardware and software, and Amimon's WHDI wireless uncompressed HDTV solution on a single integrated platform |
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| Digital radio to grow through '10
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2007-01-05 |
| The worldwide market for digital radio receivers was 5 million units in 2005 and will grow to 25 million unit shipments in 2010. |
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| 802.11n morphs into home video stream spec
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2007-01-04 |
| The draft silicon of 802.1n networks sampled in 2006 changed its focus to a singular concentration on IPTV and HDTV video streams |
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| Chip foils Blu-ray-DVD war
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2007-01-01 |
| The battle between competing next-gen DVD standards may soon be over as electronics companies promise to unroll universal players within the year. |
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| China gears up for more innovative design
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2007-01-01 |
| Although there is still a lot of work to be done in mainland China's R&D sector, there has been remarkable progress especially in the communication and consumer electronics front. |
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| Transmitter ICs enable PC's shift to HDMI
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2007-01-01 |
| Silicon Image rolled out a pair of VastLane HDMI transmitters that provide PC manufacturers with a single-chip solution for driving digital output to PC monitors and HDTVs. |
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| HDMI 1.3 to provide better DTV images, sound in '07
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2006-12-21 |
| Last week, Silicon Image outlined the benefits of HDMI1.3 for 2007 and beyond. Representatives from Mitsubishi and Dolby were there to discuss as well the virtues of HDMI 1.3. |
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| DRAM success winding down, Gartner says
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2006-12-19 |
| The DRAM segment is at the tail end of its most successful period in years, but the party will start to wind down in 2007, according to market research firm Gartner Inc. |
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| Examine issues of HD apps
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2006-12-18 |
| High-definition video development is heating up, fueled by the availability of better display and storage technology. Here are a few do's and don'ts to remember as you undertake the transition to HD. |
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| Japan's display makers aim beyond full-HD
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2006-12-18 |
| For the Japanese electronics industry, 2k is rapidly becoming obsolete. Japanese flat-panel makers are eyeing 'supreme picture quality' by offering 4k: 2,160 x 4,096pixels. |
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| HDTV to grow steadily in Asia Pacific
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2006-12-04 |
| Despite flat-panel TV sets becoming HDTV-capable and more affordable, the number of broadcasters delivering commercial HDTV content are still limited in Asia Pacific, reported in-Stat |
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| TSMC, Samsung, MediaTek to gain from market in '07
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2006-11-24 |
| TSMC and MediaTek in Taiwan and Samsung in South Korea will be among the main beneficiaries of the trends destined to shape the Asia-Pacific semiconductor industry next year. |
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| DS2 to supply Japan with PLC chips
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2006-11-09 |
| DS2 will supply Japan with silicon for Powerline communications (PLC) applications that meets EMC requirements approved in the country. |
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| Siemens, Tzero to deliver HD video via UWB
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2006-11-09 |
| Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices has partnered with Tzero Technologies to deliver high-definition video, including IPTV to homes using ultrawideband technology. |
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| 10-inch+ LCD Q3 revenues up 9%, reports DisplaySearch
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2006-11-07 |
| Worldwide shipments of large-area (10-inch and larger) TFT LCD modules in Q3 rose 21 percent quarter-on-quarter and 29 percent year-on-year to 77.4 million units, said DisplaySearch. |
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| WirelessHD group to develop 60GHz specification
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2006-11-03 |
| Special interest group WirelessHD is developing a specification to pass high-definition multimedia material using an unlicensed frequency band at 60GHz. |
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| Syntax-Brillian acquires Vivitar for $26M
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2006-11-02 |
| Syntax-Brillian, a manufacturer of LCD and LCoS HDTVs and digital entertainment products, has agreed to acquire Vivitar, a maker of digital and film cameras, for $26 million in stock. |
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| PDP shipment, sales up, reports Displaytech
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2006-10-31 |
| Plasma panels shipments climb 47 percent in the third quarter of 2006 to 2.8 million units with revenues up 10 percent q-o-q and 29 percent y-o-y reaching a record-high of $2.02 billion, said in a DisplaySearch report. |
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| Hitachi picks Cypress clock solutions for HDTV
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2006-10-26 |
| Hitachi Ltd. has chosen Cypress Semiconductor Corp.clocks for the Wooo 9000 series high definition digital TVs. |
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| DVD-Rs outdo players in Japan market
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2006-10-16 |
| Unlike the U.S. market, where DVD players have driven most of today's DVD hardware sales, the Japanese market has focused more on the sales of DVD recorders. |
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| Industry leader sees Asian business models evolve
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2006-10-16 |
| Hein van der Zeeuw shares his insights on the evolution of the electronics business and how shifts in the EMS, ODM and OEM models are affecting the electronics supply chain. |
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| Industry guru talks about digital entertainment
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2006-10-02 |
| At STMicroelectronics' back-end IC factory in Shenzhen, Bob Krysiak, the company's corporate VP and general manager for the region, recalled the development of the first single-chip MPEG-2 decoder ICs and discussed his ideas on the development of digital entertainment equipment in China. |
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| Media-oriented networks require CMPs
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2006-10-02 |
| Communications and media processors meet the stringent requirements needed for delivering multimedia content. |
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| Canon, Toshiba to start construction of SED TV production line
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2006-09-13 |
| Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. plan to begin constructing a mass production line for surface conduction electron emitter display (SED) flat-panel televisions as early as this year. |
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| ADI, Legend Silicon team up on mobile TV solution
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2006-09-06 |
| Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) announced it has collaborated with Legend Silicon Corp. to accelerate the development of mobile TV receivers for China with the industry's first digital TV standard-compliant receiver solution. |
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| One-chip core logic eyes ultramobile PCs
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2006-09-01 |
| Via Technologies Inc. is set to launch a single-chip core logic platform that squeezes a host of connectivity options and multimedia acceleration into a 35mm2 footprint. |
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| Demand for features boggles portable memory
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2006-09-01 |
| Handset models are changing yearly as designers strive to balance what end users want and what can actually be designed. Many trade-offs must be considered, including performance and features vs. price, size and battery life. |
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| MoCA certifies Motorola, Tellabs ONTs
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2006-08-29 |
| The Multimedia over Coax Alliance recently certified optical network terminal triple-play fiber-to-the-home terminals from Motorola and Tellabs. |
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| Implement broadcast video infrastructure
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2006-08-16 |
| PLDs will play an increasingly important role in the digital buildup of the broadcast industry infrastructure. |
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| Daewoo, Metalink partner on wireless video streaming
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2006-08-10 |
| Metalink announced that it is collaborating with Daewoo Electronics to incorporate Metalink's WLANPlus chipset into Daewoo's next-generation STB. |
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