| Silicon Image readies HDMI 1.3 receivers for HDTVs
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2008-01-14 |
| At the 2008 International CES last week, Silicon Image Inc. introduced the PinnaClear SiI9223 four-port receiver and the SiI9127 two-port receiver, two HDMI integrated receivers that deliver the advanced HDMI 1.3 HDTV features including 1080p Deep Color and x.v.Color expanded color gamut |
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| Low-pin count interface facilitates mobile device-HDTV hook-up
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2008-01-10 |
| Silicon Image Inc. has revealed at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) its Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) technology, which enables mobile phones, digital cameras, media players and other mobile devices to link directly to HDTVs. |
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| Samsung intros 52-inch ultrathin LCD TV
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2008-01-09 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd launched 52-inch ultraslim LCD TV and two smaller sets with an emerging display technology that boasts better picture quality than current LCD and plasma TVs. |
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| Xceive eyes for the demise of the CAN tuner
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2008-01-09 |
| "The end of CAN tuner has begun." So says Xceive Corp., a producer of RF-to-baseband transceivers for the TV, PC and STB markets. |
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| HD satellite STB SoC provides PVR functionality
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2008-01-07 |
| Broadcom Corp. has introduced a new single-chip, multi-format HD satellite STB solution that enables manufacturers to develop low cost STBs with personal video recorder (PVR) functionality. |
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| HD audio platform cuts down development time, cost
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2008-01-07 |
| VeriSilicon offers the VZ.AudioHD applications platform to meet the high-performance audio needs of high-definition multimedia devices |
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| Reference designs support A/V streaming between systems
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2008-01-04 |
| Pulse~LINK Inc.'s CWave HDMI-Over-Coax and Wireless HDMI production-ready reference designs are now available for consumer electronic device manufacturers. |
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| PCIe AWG card has up to 4GSamples memory
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2007-12-05 |
| Strategic Test has released the UF2e-6110 two-channel 125MSps 8bit arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) PCIe card. |
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| Cortex-A9 boasts refined ARM architecture
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2007-12-03 |
| ARM Holdings plc has expended its Cortex family multicore with the unveiling of the Cortex-A9, following up on a July announcement of multiprocessing extensions to the ARMv7 architecture. |
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| HDTV decoders carry analog copy protection
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2007-11-28 |
| Conexant Systems has certified an analog copy protection technology on its CX2427X and CX2450X HDTV decoders |
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| Gigabit Serdes: A key piece of the PON puzzle
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2007-11-16 |
| New Serdes designs that support critical PON requirements such as fast re-lock will be one of the keys to PON infrastructure build out. |
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| Single-supply muxes suit high-end video products
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2007-11-12 |
| Intersil has announced two new single-supply, triple 4:1 buffered multiplexers designed for use in high-end consumer video products. |
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| Video postprocessor removes halo effect from HD movies
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2007-11-07 |
| NXP has launched the world's first video postprocessor with proprietary Motion Accurate Picture Processing technology, enabling TV manufacturers to improve HD motion picture on LCD TVs. |
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| TI tips 2A, 3A SWIFT converters with dual outputs
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2007-11-06 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. introduced four new dual-output SWIFT DC/DC step-down converters with integrated FETs that deliver 2A and 3A of continuous output current and support input voltages of 4.5V to 28V. |
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| NXP intros 'first' quad-input HDMI 1.3 receiver
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2007-11-06 |
| NXP's TDA19978HL is said to be the industry's first HDMI 1.3 receiver with four inputs, eliminating the need for an external HDMI switch, reducing overall system cost and design cycles. |
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| Products vie for role in HDMI arena
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2007-11-02 |
| Last year's adoption of HDMI 1.3 has advanced the adoption rate of sources that provide 1,080p resolution such as Blu-ray and HD DVD—and as HDMI's popularity grows, so does its list of supporters. |
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| PLX debuts PCI-to-USB 2.0 controller
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2007-10-30 |
| PLX Technology's NET 2282 is claimed to be the industry's first PCI-to-USB peripheral controller optimized for converting PCI-based designs to Hi-Speed USB 2.0 products. |
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| DS2 tips 400Mbps powerline chip
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2007-10-23 |
| DS2, the Spanish powerline chip specialist, will start demonstrating next month a device said to double the peak data rate of broadband over powerline equipment and networks to 400Mbps. |
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| Oscilloscopes deliver 5GSps at 1GHz
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2007-10-22 |
| Two M-type 1GHz oscilloscopes launched by LeCroy feature their large display/small footprint and 5GSps sampling rate. |
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| HDTV transcoder handles multiple standards
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2007-10-19 |
| Horizon Semiconductors intends to bridge the gap between the number of different HDTV protocols and standards with its Hz4010 multistandard transcoder chip |
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| Flat-panel audio design: Only the screen is flat, not the audio
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2007-10-19 |
| Designing audio amplifiers for flat-panel TVs involves several challenging and juxtaposed issues. Engineering is usually fraught with making trade-offs and there?s no better example than in flat-panel design. |
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| AMD expands HDTV-on-the-PC product line
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2007-10-18 |
| AMD is expanding its TV Wonder product lineup that enables HDTV on the PC, and transforms the PC into a high-definition DVR |
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| ARM launches Cortex-A9 multiprocessor
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2007-10-18 |
| ARM has unveiled its latest processor architecture at its own ARM Developers Conference which took place in Santa Clara, California, early this month. |
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| National debuts rail-to-rail, current feedback op amps
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2007-10-08 |
| National Semiconductor has introduced a 5V rail-to-rail input and output and a 36V current feedback operational amplifier. |
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| HDTV SoCs deliver 10bit video quality processing
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2007-10-05 |
| Genesis Microchip Inc. has launched Douglas, its third generation HDTV SoC family that provides 10bit video quality processing, dual HDMI/HDCP 1.3a inputs and full DVB-T support |
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| Audio ICs promise heightened HDTV experience
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2007-10-05 |
| ADI's latest audio processors and Class-D audio power amplifiers, which are part of the company's Advantiv lineup, deliver a complete advanced TV audio subsystem while allowing designers to meet multiple product performance and price targets. |
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| Compression codec transmits HD video wirelessly
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2007-10-04 |
| ADI has introduced a video compression codec that enables the wireless transmission of HD video in real-time—without any loss in picture quality—over home connections. |
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| Next-gen terrestrial DTV spec to air next year
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2007-09-27 |
| The Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Group, which forged terrestrial, satellite and cable DTV broadcast standards, expects to launch its next-generation terrestrial DTV broadcast specification early next year. |
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| Amplifiers simplify consumer video design
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2007-09-19 |
| TI has introduced today a family of flexible three-channel integrated video buffers optimized for consumer video applications where performance, space savings and lower system cost are required. |
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| Software enhances Web video experience
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2007-09-13 |
| Startup Ipera Technology claims it has software that can significantly improve the quality of Web video across a range of devices from cellphones to servers and DTVs. |
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