| ESL design tools come up short
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2006-03-16 |
| ESL and DFM tools need to pack far more capabilities than they do today if they are to represent the EDA industry's best opportunities for growth. |
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| Trident video processor powers Toshiba's digital CRT TVs
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2006-03-09 |
| Trident Microsystems announced that Toshiba is using Trident's SVP EX integrated 10bit video decoder and processor featuring the DCRe to power its latest digital flat CRT TVs. |
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| High def heads for masses
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2006-03-01 |
| Support for copy-protected high-definition video is poised to come to mainstream PCs and camcorders as early as 2007. |
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| TI's DaVinci tech tailored for DSC market
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2006-02-28 |
| Texas Instruments introduced DaVinci technology optimized for the digital still camera market. |
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| Alliance promises single HD remote
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2006-02-01 |
| Tired of using a separate remote for every device? An industry partnership called Hana vows to simplify all that. |
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| Internet TV gets running start in large Asia markets
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2006-02-01 |
| According to a recent report from ABI Research, the global subscriber tally for the service is expected to exceed 110 million by 2010, with the Asia-Pacific accounting for more than 50 percent of those subscribers. |
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| Silicon Image's HDMI transmitters in ASUSTek, Hitachi PCs
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2006-01-09 |
| Silicon Image announced that ASUSTek Computer and Hitachi have selected its SiI 1930 and SiI 1390 HDMI transmitters for their multimedia desktop and notebook PCs. |
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| Consumer electronics to jump 8% in '06
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2006-01-04 |
| Worldwide sales of consumer electronics will reach a new high of $135.4 billion in 2006, up 8 percent from 2005, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. |
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| LG HDTV powered by SpatiaLight imagers
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2005-12-27 |
| SpatiaLight announced that LG Electronics has introduced its 2006 HDTV product lineup highlighted in the above 50-inch category by two LCoS models using SpatiaLight's microdisplays |
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| SEN selects Ikanos chipsets
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2005-12-21 |
| SEN has selected Ikanos' Fx 100100-4 and Fx 100100S-4 chipsets, enabling carriers to provide interactive broadband services with symmetric speeds of up to 100Mbps to customers in Japan. |
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| Micronas acquires WISchip
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2005-12-13 |
| Micronas announced the close of its purchase of all shares of fabless semiconductor company WISchip with operational headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. |
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| ST, Sagem push MPEG4 set top boxes
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2005-11-29 |
| Sagem Communication will start selling this month MPEG4 capable set-top boxes based on a single-chip decoder from ST Microelectronics targeted at HDTV capable models |
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| Arrow, Innor partner on HDTV solution
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2005-11-08 |
| Arrow Asia Pac Ltd and independent design house (IDH) Innor Tech of Hong Kong have formed an exclusive partnership to market an HDTV solution based on a Texas Instruments chip |
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| Enjoy comforts of HomePlug A/V
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2005-11-01 |
| The home-entertainment landscape is evolving and changes are slowly demolishing the traditional 'entertainment center' model. |
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| Micronas to acquire WISchip for $80 million
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2005-10-28 |
| Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all shares of privately-held fabless semiconductor company WISchip International Ltd. |
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| Kopin unveils Digital iVision for mobile video apps
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2005-10-14 |
| Kopin Corp. is set to launch the first generation of Digital iVision products aimed for mobile video applications. The technology offers mobile users the ability to see theatre-quality images from video eyewear small enough to put in a pocket. |
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| At CEATEC: Full shift to HDTV in evidence
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2005-10-05 |
| The abundance of high-definition TVs at the CEATEC Japan show indicates that the industry is serious about the transition to HDTV digital broadcasting |
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| Sharp tunes in full HD for flat TVs
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2005-09-27 |
| Sharp Corp. said it intends to equip all its large LCD TVs with full HD resolution. |
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| Teradyne UltraFLEX checks Micronas video graphics device
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2005-09-23 |
| Teradyne Inc. announced that German-based Micronas has purchased multiple Teradyne UltraFLEX test systems. The systems will be used in the engineering and production test of next-generation video graphics controllers used in LCD and HDTV applications |
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| TI Fellow predicts 'third-wave' of DSP innovation
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2005-09-21 |
| A new wave of DSP-based innovation is just around the corner, according to Gene Frantz, a principal Fellow at Texas Instruments Inc. |
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| Asia Netcom to provide IPv6 at 2005 World Expo
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2005-09-20 |
| Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese incumbent telecommunications service provider, China Netcom, will play a vital part in an experiment to demonstrate the ability of the next-generation Internet to enable high-quality video communications worldwide. |
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| Seeing Taiwan at center of new IC world
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2005-09-16 |
| Nicky Lu envisions a pan-Pacific IC circle replacing the pan-Atlantic circle as more consumers emerge in the Asia region. |
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| Samsung gains CableLabs certification on 2-way DTV
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2005-08-29 |
| In a major milestone for cable's interactive digital evolution, Samsung Electronics has achieved certification status for an OCAP-enabled interactive digital TV (DTV) set in a recently concluded test wave held at CableLabs. |
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| Mobile handsets are dialing up Linux
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2005-08-16 |
| Manufacturers are beginning to view Linux as a universal solution that can be leveraged across a broad range of devices. |
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| Video snacking on cell phones the next killer app, says panel
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2005-08-11 |
| While consumers may not have the patience to watch a feature-length movie on a 2-inch2 LCD screen, they may likely view commercially-produced short clips-- "e;video snacks"e;-- up to 10 minutes in length. |
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| HDTV companies Brillian, Syntax to merge
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2005-07-14 |
| Struggling Liquid Crystal on Silicon microdisplay supplier Brillian Corp. has agreed to acquire Syntax Groups Corp., a privately-held supplier of liquid crystal display TVs, in a stock transaction. |
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| LG.Philips to commence 42-, 47-inch LCD production
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2005-07-11 |
| LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd is expected to begin mass production of LCD panels for 42-inch and 47-inch HDTVs and large and wide PC monitors during the first half of 2006 at its 7G facility. |
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| LCDs using FPGAs to enter HDTV market
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2005-06-16 |
| FPGAs give LCD designers the flexibility required to reconfigure image-processing algorithms while maintaining the same hardware platform for all products. |
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| IR eyes mainland China's design community
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2005-06-01 |
| International Rectifier aims to supply the growing requirements of China's design community. |
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| Larger LCDs posing production challenges
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2005-05-25 |
| Larger, wider displays are likely to become the norm as LCD makers ramp up next-generation fabs, but the transition will also present challenges for display and equipment makers, according to speakers at the Society for Information Display conference. |
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