| LCD supports terrestrial DTV quality in handsets
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2007-04-20 |
| Sharp had developed a new LCD for mobile devices that delivers image quality similar to that of LCD TVs, enabling users to see clearer, more colorful images than is possible on conventional mobile equipment |
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| ...Smallest' mobile TV tuner targets Japan market
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2007-04-16 |
| MaxLinear Inc. has rolled MxL7001, touted to be the world's smallest silicon tuner for mobile TV. Based on the company's next-generation TV tuner platform, MxL7001 is a 1.9-by-1.9mm single-die, digital CMOS IC |
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| TV-on-mobile solution supports DVB-H, DVB-T
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2007-04-02 |
| NXP Semiconductors introduced the TVoM HotPlug system solution, which combines hardware, complete DVB-H and DVB-T software stacks and security. |
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| Symbian supports ARM Cortex in smartphones
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2007-03-29 |
| Symbian has ported its mobile OS to ARM's Cortex-A8 processor, which is running on Texas Instruments' OMAP3430 applications processor |
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| DTV middleware offers PVR, interactive functions
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2007-03-28 |
| Shenyang GoldenPack introduced the FineDTV digital TV middleware solution with PVR and interactive functions |
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| EV-DO chipset handles 9.3Mbps over 5MHz
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2007-03-28 |
| Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a modem chipset for its EV-DO Rev. B that is capable of delivering average data rates of 9.3Mbps on the downlink over 5MHz of spectrum. |
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| IP solutions enable low-cost multimedia devices
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2007-03-21 |
| CEVA Inc. has introduced a family of optimized multimedia solutions that aim to enable the development of high-volume, low-cost mobile consumer electronics with advanced multimedia capabilities |
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| NXP transceivers deliver mobile WiMAX promise
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2007-03-19 |
| In support of the mass deployment of mobile WiMAX, NXP's new transceivers employ 2x2 MIMO technology, allowing for twice the data throughput and double the maximum speed of the company?s existing WiMAX transceiver solutions |
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| China startup hinges hopes on media player chips
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2007-03-14 |
| China startup Jade Technologies plans to leverage its image- and video-processing expertise into design wins in China's growing markets for PMPs and IP camera designs. |
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| TI processors take HD video, 3D gaming to handsets
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2007-02-23 |
| TI demonstrated what it says is the industry's first application processor to playback HD video and bring life-like 3D graphics to the handset. |
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| NXP, Purple Labs take Linux to 3G handsets
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2007-02-21 |
| In collaboration with French design company Purple Labs, NXP has launched the Nexperia cellular system solution 7210 with Linux open-source OS for 3G handsets. |
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| Broadcom's HEDGE mobile processor targets HSDPA, W-CDMA
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2007-02-19 |
| Broadcom announced its BCM2153 HEDGE baseband processor for mobile phones operating on HSDPA and W-CDMA networks |
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| Platform 'tricklecasts' media files to mobile TV
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2007-02-16 |
| Penthera's Mediacast software platform allows mobile operators to 'tricklecast' files to devices for storage and later playback |
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| DVB-H receiver enables smaller mobile TVs
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2007-02-16 |
| Frontier Silicon's new DVB-H receiver is housed in a single-chip BGA package, enabling manufacturers to build DVB-H-enabled handsets and other products in a very small form factor. |
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| AMD unveils media processors for mobile apps
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2007-02-15 |
| Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled three microprocessors for mobile devices focused on video, audio and high-resolution photos |
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| Infineon chips support both DVB-H, DVB-T
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2007-02-15 |
| Infineon has announced two highly integrated, power-efficient DVB-H/T chip solutions. |
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| DVB-H receivers bring TV to mobile phones
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2007-02-08 |
| DiBcom is sampling two receivers that enable mobile TV broadcasts in mobile phones |
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| Multimedia codec has switchable speaker driver
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2007-02-01 |
| Wolfson Microelectronics has announced the WM8991 audio codec featuring a dual mode, 1W speaker driver with the flexibility to switch between Class AB and Class D operation. |
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| RMI unveils media and navigation processors
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2007-01-22 |
| RMI's Alchemy family of pin-compatible media and navigation SoCs enable designers to support multiple price-performance points and application requirements from a single board design. |
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| Mini chip inductor needs less mounting space
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2007-01-18 |
| Measuring 0.4-by-0.2-by-0.2mm, the LQP02TN series chip inductors from Muratra offer a 40 percent reduction in mounting space when compared to 0201-packaged devices. |
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| In-car display processor accepts multiple input formats
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2007-01-18 |
| The next-generation TW8810 processor from Techwell touts to have the most integrated and feature-rich functions yet seen for in-car navigation systems, dashboard DVD players, rear-seat/head-mount displays and car backup cameras. |
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| HD IP STB platform supports Windows Embedded CE 6.0
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2007-01-17 |
| NXP Semiconductors has announced a high-definition (HD) IP STB platform, said to be the first with support for Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0. |
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| Oki touts 'smallest' audio DAC LSI
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2006-12-22 |
| Oki Electric Industry's new audio LSI touts the world's smallest package size for a 16bit audio DAC. |
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| Tuner ICs serve Japanese mobile-broadcast TV
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2006-12-11 |
| Maxim Integrated Products is fabbing two power-managed chip types for designers of Japanese digital broadcast products. |
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| Tuner IC enables multiple TV platforms in portables
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2006-11-23 |
| Microtune's MT2130 supports multiple TV transmission standards, providing a single solution that cost-effectively bridges the multiple analog and digital TV standards that co-exist |
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| Antennas enable mobile TV in small handsets
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2006-11-21 |
| Pulse, a Technitrol company, has launched a new family of DVB-H, MediaFLO and DMB-S antennas that the company said are so thin and light they enable mobile TV applications to be incorporated into small mobile handsets |
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| Quad-MAC DSP core suits compute-intensive tasks
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2006-11-03 |
| CEVA said its new CEVA-X1641 is the first Quad-MAC DSP core in the scalable CEVA-X family and is designed specifically to run highly computational intensive tasks that require substantial data throughput and high memory bandwidth. |
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| Single-chip mobile TV receiver rolls for DVB-H, DVB-T
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2006-11-03 |
| Newport Media touts its NMI300 Sundance H as the world's lowest-power single-chip mobile TV receiver for DVB-H and DVB-T |
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| TV receiver, TV-on-chip enable mobile TV in new apps
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2006-10-27 |
| Telegent's new TV receiver and TV-on-chip are expected to enable handset manufacturers and carriers to introduce new products with mobile TV, and do it before the holiday season |
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| Media processor enables multiformat transcoding of digital video
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2006-10-24 |
| LSI Logic's next-gen multicore transcoding media processor architecture, Domino[X], provides multiformat encoding, decoding and transcoding of digital video. |
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