| Amimon brings WHDI to notebook PCs
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2009-11-20 |
| After losing a spot in the latest Sony model, Amimon makes a strategic change in product focus from living-room TV to PCs, and in its business model. |
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| ST, ARM drive next-gen home entertainment
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2009-11-02 |
| STMicroelectronics has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming STB and digital TV SoC ICs. |
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| Sigma Designs, CopperGate fuse home net platforms
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2009-10-28 |
| The combination of the two companies creates the leading provider of networked home entertainment ICs. |
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| TriQuint buys cable TV provider
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2009-09-09 |
| TriAccess Technologies brings CATV and FTTP products, accelerating TriQuint's entry into these markets. |
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| CEVA brings HD audio in Sunplus Blu-ray SoCs
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2009-08-20 |
| Sunplus Technology has licensed the CEVA Inc.'s CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP core for its next generation STB, HDTV and Blu-ray disc chipsets |
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| Analysts, execs, editors see double-digit drop in '09
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2009-06-09 |
| The Semiconductor Industry Association and World Semiconductor Trade Statistics association both issued revised forecasts calling for 2009 chip revenue to drop more than 21 percent. |
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| Three alternatives challenge HDMI
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2009-06-09 |
| At least three companies are fielding new wired alternatives to the HDMI hopes to leapfrog the HDMI 1.4 specification by providing more bandwidth, reach or networking capabilities. |
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| Samsung, IMEC team up on green radios
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2009-05-15 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and IMEC have signed a memorandum of understanding to lay down their intent to collaborate on technologies for green radios. The research collaboration topics will include cognitive reconfigurable radio baseband and millimeter-wave wireless communications technologies. |
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| PLM, PPS.TV deliver Internet streaming in HDTVs
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2009-04-14 |
| PowerLayer Microsystems (PLM) has partnered with PPS.TV to provide a reference platform incorporating PLM3000 SoC for connected HDTV/IP-STB with built-in PPS.TV's P2SP streaming solution |
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| HD consumer electronics set for triple growth
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2009-04-07 |
| As high definition (HD) becomes the ubiquitous video standard worldwide, global shipments of HD STBs, camcorders, DVD players and video-game consoles are expected to triple from 2008 to 2012, according to iSuppli Corp. |
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| Samsung ups power-efficiency efforts
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2009-03-30 |
| South Korea chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd disclosed a host of "green" products, including the disclosure of a new, low-power DDR3 DRAM device. |
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| Employ CEC in HDTVs to meet Energy Star 3.0
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2009-03-23 |
| A TV designer is faced with a host of design challenges to meet Energy Star's 1W or less standby mode requirement. Here's how designers can meet this stringent power requirement without sacrificing any display performance or features that consumers highly value. |
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| Digital frames audition for home's 'third screen'
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2009-03-12 |
| Digital photo frame is emerging as a connected "third screen" at home, and the product's evolution has chip suppliers, consumer electronics companies and even wireless carriers seeing dollar signs. |
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| Agreement promotes standard specs for RF remotes
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2009-03-05 |
| The Zigbee Alliance and the RF4CE Consortium have reached an agreement to deliver a standardized specification for RF remote controls. |
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| Will DisplayPort get a second chance?
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2009-02-26 |
| With the of widespread emergence and popularity HDMI, why is there more than 180 computer and consumer electronics companies—and counting—actively supporting DisplayPort, another audio/video interface standard? |
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