| Distribution platforms push video transcoding market
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2011-08-10 |
| Revenues for multiformat transcoding will surpass $460 million in 2015 due to expanding multiscreen delivery and TV Everywhere |
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| Are mobile TVs about to be extinct
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2011-08-10 |
| The separate acquisitions of Siano, DiBcom and Telegent by other companies raise a question of whether the mobile TV business model is still a viable option in the future |
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| Consumers prefer MEMS-enabled mobile devices
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2011-08-01 |
| MEMS device activity analyst from Yole Développement, Laurent Robin says, the developments in MEMS will drive accelerometers and magnetometers to be designed in to close to 50 percent of all mobile phones within five years |
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| Taiwan postcards: A reporter's photojournal
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2011-07-25 |
| EE Times' Rick Merritt shares photographs from his trip to Taipe and Hsinchu, where he visited ODMs, the companies who design and make the vast majority of the world's notebooks, desktops and servers. |
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| Mobile video usage to top 693B minutes by 2015
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2011-07-21 |
| According to In-Stat, loose restrictions and increasing smartphone and tablet users will further boost mobile video consumption despite variations in content length, genre and acquisition |
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| Spreadtrum acquires mobile TV firm
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2011-07-21 |
| Following the acquisition, Spreadtrum will explore the possibilities of integrating Telegent TV technology with its own baseband ICs to deliver further performance and cost benefits |
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| Honeycomb update improves display features
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2011-07-20 |
| Google has updated Honeycomb to allow better apps management, enhance display features and provide support for 213dpi resolutions for 720-progressive HDTV displays. |
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| Reports say Telegent has closed shop
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2011-07-19 |
| According to Chinese reports, Telegent has closed but the company's executives and investors had reacted to demand for call backs. |
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| TI gets Netflix HD certification
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2011-07-13 |
| TI's has been certified with Netflix's HD application, marking the first time Netflix has certified its 1080p streaming application with end-to-end protection on a mobile device |
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| STMicroelectronics reveals market, product strategy
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2011-07-12 |
| At an analysts' conference and a meeting with EE Times-Asia, STMicroelectronics executives discussed trends of strategic importance to their company, ST's next-gen TV platform and regional markets |
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| Nucleus Connect, Huawei study world's first 10G GPON tech
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2011-06-28 |
| Nucleus Connect and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding on a joint study of the 10G GPON (gigabit passive optical network) technology across the Next Gen NBN. |
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| ABI survey: Netbooks, tablets equally popular
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2011-06-24 |
| An ABI survey of 1,142 consumers shows that netbooks and media tablets share almost the same level of consumer interest, and that netbook and tablet purchases could result in a prolonged PC lifecycle. |
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| Apple, Nordic join Bluetooth SIG
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2011-06-23 |
| The Bluetooth SIG added Apple and Nordic as associates of the organization's board of directors with hopes of expanding their Bluetooth-enabled devices to include TVs remote controls. |
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| Ad-supported content in web-enabled devices to reach 2.4B
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2011-06-20 |
| A research conducted by In-Stat indicates that the value of web-enabled devices ad-supported content discovery for consumer electronics industry will reach $2.4 billion by 2015. |
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| LED market falls short of expectations, set to boom in 3Q11
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2011-06-17 |
| LED manufacturer's revenue in Taiwan for the month of May reached $342.93 million, up 8.3 percent compared to last year's revenues. However, the LED revenues still fall short of market expectations. |
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| ABI Research: OTT revenues to grow $20B in 2016
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2011-06-01 |
| ABI Research sees growth of OTT revenues up to $20 billion in 2016 as consumers increasingly engage with a variety of Internet video services. |
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| MeeGo's future is unclear
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2011-05-25 |
| The MeeGo community is at an awkward position because the software is ready but no products have been shipped just yet. |
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| ST hinges future on 'big-chip-in-the-middle' strategy
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2011-05-24 |
| Anticipating a great recovery soon, STMicro is using the wireless "big-chips-in-the-middle" strategy and a complete platform approach, while banking on its involvement with seven leading handset vendors. |
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| NXP debuts 'Internet of things' campaign with lighting tech
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2011-05-19 |
| NXP's GreenChip smart lighting solution opens a fully new dimension in energy efficient lighting by choosing lighting controls as the first apps for its wireless communication technology. |
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| Global data traffic to exceed 60,000 petabytes in 2016
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2011-05-18 |
| The annual data traffic volume will total 8,000 petabytes in 2011 and will grow at a CAGR of 50 percent over the following years to exceed 60,000 petabytes in 2016; mainly due to increasing amount of video traffic. |
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| MPA: High cost for Asia's pay-TV growth
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2011-05-16 |
| Pay-TV has a bright future in Asia Pacific for companies who are willing to invest, but this will affect other industries at a high cost |
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| Connected TVs will exceed 123M units in 2014
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2011-04-29 |
| According to DisplaySearch, connected TV shipments in 2014 will reach over 123 million, most of these will be from basic connectivity to Smart TV products |
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| MIPS gains early access to Honeycomb
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2011-04-29 |
| MIPS has started porting Honeycomb to its architecture, allowing it to develop MIPS-based tablets and Google TV products, and belying claims that MIPS will be excluded from the Android ecosystem |
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| Cadence seeks stronger presence in Asia Pacific
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2011-04-11 |
| Cadence executive Charlie Huang identifies key EDA growth factors in Asia Pacific, describes the semiconductor landscape in China and reveals Cadence's growth strategies in the region. |
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| Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE and CES 2011
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2011-03-18 |
| According to Yongxi Qian, the theme of this year's CES is "Connectivity Everywhere, Wirelessly." |
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| The revolutionary opportunities of Bluetooth low energy
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2011-03-18 |
| Bluetooth is rapidly approaching saturation point as the ultimate means of data transfer for portable devices and features in approximately 80 percent of all mobile handsets worldwide |
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| Sony realigns core businesses, hints at next CEO
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2011-03-15 |
| Sony has bared plans to realign its core electronics and networked service operations into two business groups. The company has also identified a potential successor to current CEO Howard Stringer. |
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| Platform brings ZigBee into Android phones, tablets
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2011-03-10 |
| Texas Instruments' Android 2.2 software development platform eases the integration of the ZigBee and ZigBee RF4CE protocol stacks to directly connect mobile devices to CE and smart home apps |
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| On-demand services threaten traditional pay-TV, says researcher
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2011-03-03 |
| Mobile devices are making it easy for consumers to access on-demand multimedia content. The trend is creeping into the TV market with over-the-top services and threatening pay-TV operators |
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| Marvell, Asus team up for China smartphones
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2011-02-28 |
| Marvell reports that ASUSTeK Computer Inc. has selected Marvell as a partner to launch a series of TD-SCDMA smartphones in China. |
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