| System, IC teardowns critical to 'business intelligence'
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2007-08-29 |
| Teardowns of ICs and systems have moved from being a hobby or a back-room skunks works activity to being a critical part of the electronics company's "business intelligence." |
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| Novelics unveils high-performance memory compilers
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2007-08-20 |
| Novelics has launched the Web-based MemQuest memory compiler platform allows SoC designers to explore their entire embedded memory subsystem. |
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| DVB-T chips offer multimedia add-on features
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2007-08-15 |
| Sunplus Technology claims that its DVB-T turnkey solution is among the first dual-chip solutions to deliver digital terrestrial broadcasting reception and multimedia add-on features. |
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| Small A/V decoder fits digital media devices
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2007-08-09 |
| Micronas has launched an advanced and fully integrated A/V front-end decoder, AVF 49x0B, said to be well suited for consumer devices such as PVRs, DVD recorders, STBs and PC-TV applications |
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| GCT samples RF chip for mobile TV apps
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2007-08-09 |
| GCT Semiconductor is sampling the GDM7003RF RF chip, which is capable of receiving media broadcast from both S-DMB and T-DMB (satellite and terrestrial-digital multimedia broadcasting). |
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| Faster ARM core drives new Nomadik multimedia ICs
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2007-08-06 |
| STMicroelectronics' new Nomadik mobile multimedia application processors, which builds on the success of the pioneering STn8810 by increasing the speed of its ARM9 core by almost 50 percent |
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| Low-power ETX module feature SATA storage
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2007-08-06 |
| Adlink Technology Inc. has launched a new, low-power ETX-GLX Computer on Module, aimed at applications that require a guaranteed long production life and support. |
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| Mobile TV SoC tunes in to Japan's ISDB-T standard
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2007-08-02 |
| Newport Media is sampling an SoC for the mobile version of Japan's ISDB-T DTV standard |
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| 'First' multiformat video decoding processor debuts
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2007-07-27 |
| Claimed to be the world's first multiformat hardware video decoding mobile processor, Jade Technologies' X900 chip supports the sophisticated video compression formats such as MPEG-4, H.264 and VC-1 |
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| Cellphones eye wireless video
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2007-07-23 |
| Promoted as a low-power wireless technology suitable for battery-powered devices, many ask: How long will it be before UWB is deployed in mobile phones |
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| Silicon tuner device is extra small
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2007-07-19 |
| MaxLinear Inc.'s new silicon tuner IC, the MxL7001 is said to be the world's smallest silicon tuner produced to date for mobile TV applications such as digital TV on cellphones |
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| Software test suite rolls for 3GPP LTE products
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2007-07-17 |
| Agilent Technologies announced the availability of its Signal Studio for 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) software. |
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| Industry's most highly integrated mobile DTV chip
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2007-07-13 |
| Newport Media has begun sampling a mobile DTV receiver IC that it says is the industry's most highly integrated mobile TV chip |
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| Samsung fields multiband mobile TV chipset
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2007-07-02 |
| Samsung's 65nm multi-standard channel decoder (S3C4F31) and multi-band RF tuner (S5M8602) chipset supports multiple digital mobile TV standards including DVB-H/T, DAB-IP, ISDB-T and terrestrial DMB |
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| The anatomy of the digital home
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2007-07-02 |
| Parks defines the "digital home" as having two-way connectivity between two or more subsystems thus, it must start with a reliable, robust and secure wired and wireless platform fed by a broadband connection. |
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| Sampling starts for 65nm multistandard mobile TV chipset
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2007-06-29 |
| Samsung has started sampling a multistandard channel decoder and multiband RF tuner chipset made using its 65nm process. |
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| Toshiba launches GaAs FETs, RF devices
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2007-06-25 |
| TAEC featured an array of C-, X- and Ku-band gallium arsenide (GaAs) FETs developed by Toshiba Corp. as well as a broad line-up of RF and small signal devices at this year's IEEE MTT-S event. |
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| Tiny module tunes in to One-Seg digital broadcast
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2007-06-18 |
| Sharp Corp. unveils the VA3A5JZ912 tuner module for One-Seg terrestrial digital broadcast reception that features the industry's smallest package size and lowest power consumption |
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| RFMD tips high-power 48V GaN transistors
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2007-06-13 |
| RFMD has introduced a new family of 48V GaN power transistors that offers power performance from 10W to 120W and very wide tunable bandwidth. |
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| 3-in-1 chipset supports DTT reception in PCs
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2007-06-05 |
| DiBcom has developed a PC chipset that integrates an embedded RF tuner with a demodulator linked to a USB 2.0 bridge for high-quality digital TV reception |
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| Low-power SD video filter with load detect debuts
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2007-05-29 |
| ADI claims that its ADA4431-1 video filter and buffer with automatic load detect offers the industry's lowest power filter for portable DVD and gaming platforms, cellphones, digital still cameras and other mobile multimedia devices that drive DC-coupled SD video signals to the TV |
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| AMOLED suits mobile TV, multimedia phones
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2007-05-29 |
| MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd launches its optimized active matrix OLED (AMOLED) solution, designed for use in the displays of mobile TV and multimedia phones |
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| 8Gbyte microSD card rolls for handset designs
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2007-05-21 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has developed an 8Gbyte microSD flash memory card designed for use in today's multimedia cellphones. |
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| Mobile TV demodulator supports multiple standards
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2007-05-21 |
| Afa Technologies' AF9100 series of 6-in-1 demodulators for multi-standard mobile digital TV is designed to provide multiple standard solutions for both TV and audio |
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| Clamshell handset receives DVB-H TV programs
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2007-05-15 |
| Samsung's SGH-P920 clamshell phone added to an already impressive feature set the ability to receive DVB-H TV programming |
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| RF tuners handle digital radio, mobile TV
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2007-05-15 |
| Maxim Integrated Products rolled out the MAX2170/MAX2171 RF tuners for triple-band, dual-mode mobile TV and digital radio |
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| ...Smallest' UHF antenna chip rolls for mobile TV
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2007-05-08 |
| Siano Mobile Silicon and Vishay Intertechnology have teamed up to develop what they say is the world's smallest UHF antenna chip for mobile DTV applications |
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| Remote control fits in notebook PC's ExpressCard slot
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2007-05-02 |
| SMK has announced the development of a 23-key card-size remote control that can be stored in a notebook PC's ExpressCard slot. |
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| Mobile TV receiver has multistandard baseband
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2007-04-30 |
| Frontier Silicon's single-chip receiver for T-DMB and DAB-IP integrates the Paradiso multistandard baseband IC with an RF tuner and ancillary passive components. |
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| Handset tunes in to One-Seg DTV
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2007-04-26 |
| Sanyo makes extensive use of analog circuitry and functions in its W33SA handset to enable reception of Japan's mobile DTV broadcast |
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