| DisplayPort ready to ramp
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2008-01-14 |
| DisplayPort backers projected a complete picture of an interconnect standard ready to ramp. The group showed working chips and systems from multiple companies and a road map, indicating the spec has crossed the chasm from idea to product. |
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| Will HDMI extend to mobile world
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2008-01-14 |
| Whether HDMI can extend its dominance in DTVs to the mobile world was an open question at last week's Consumer Electronics Show |
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| Woods: Industry needs to divvy up apps into unlicensed bands
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2007-12-19 |
| The president of the WiMedia Alliance has urged the industry to carve up spectrum bands based on what apps best fit in them to avoid a fight over bandwidth on unlicensed frequencies. |
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| Dealing with IP at smaller process nodes
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2007-11-01 |
| With the increasing demand for connectivity IP for high-speed serial buses, the IC tech require ultralow-power derivatives of high-performance logic manufacturing processes that enable production of very low-power SoCs for mobile platforms and small form-factor devices. |
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| NXP opens new R&D centre at France
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2007-10-10 |
| NXP Semiconductors has invested Rs.570.32 crore ($141 million) to open a new R&D centre in Caen France. |
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| MIPS acquires analogue IP firm Chipidea
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2007-08-29 |
| MIPS Technologies has acquired analogue IP firm Chipidea Microelectronica as a move to strengthen its position and expand its customer base, making MIPS "the second largest design IP vendor" in the world. |
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| DTV chip market revenue to double by 2011
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2007-08-20 |
| The boom in DTV sales in the coming year is expected to generate huge opportunities for IC suppliers due to doubling of revenue from shipments of DTV chips in next five years, according to iSuppli Corp. |
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| CE vendors question Simplay labs' test program
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2007-07-27 |
| Some CE vendors have begun to question the Simplay Labs? SimplayHD Compatibility Test Specification program saying that it is a little more than a costly feel-good seal of approval. |
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| Faraday's UR-IP Centre to offer high-end mixed-signal IPs
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2007-07-12 |
| Faraday, along with Afa Technologies, Chip Advanced Technology, and SMedia Technology, has started UR-IP Centre to provide high value-added mixed-signal IPs. |
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| AMD, Intel compete in laptop arena
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2007-07-02 |
| With notebook designers striving to differentiate their systems by packing new features into thinner, lighter models, AMD and Intel are pulling neck-and-neck in the race to define the core high-end silicon for notebooks. |
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| Sony rolls out internet video link
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2007-06-19 |
| Sony is planning to ship Bravia Internet Video Link for streaming Web video over a broadband connection to compatible Sony Bravia HDTVs. |
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| Designers eye gaming platforms
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2007-06-08 |
| Atari retrospective teardown provided the perspective necessary to predict where gaming boxes are headed and what opportunities may lay ahead for chip and software designers in next-generation platform designs. |
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| Engineers address need to curb CE power usage
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2007-04-02 |
| Some of the same engineers who helped create power consumption standards for PCs and printers are turning their attention to network gear and consumer electronics. |
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| Lesser-known companies successfully compete with bigger players at IIC-China
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2007-03-19 |
| The 12th International IC China Conference and Exhibition features the top 15 companies in the semiconductor industry. But spread throughout the more than 900 booths are smaller, lesser-known companies vying for a piece of the action. |
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| Sony unveils $600 Blu-ray Disc player
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2007-03-02 |
| At its Open House event this week, Sony Electronics unveiled its second Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, BDP-S300, which will hit stores by the middle of the year for about $600. |
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| Home network still untamed territory
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2007-02-16 |
| Last month's Consumer Electronics Show was brimming with home networking concepts and technologies but in many respects, the digital home is still untamed territory. |
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| Amimon demos interface for HDTV video
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2007-02-16 |
| Start-up Amimon Ltd has demonstrated a prototype of its wireless high-definition interface for HDTV video at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show using technology based on a variation of 802.11n that can deliver up to 1.5Gbps. |
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| HDMI adoption in desktop, notebook PCs increases
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2007-02-14 |
| HDMI Licensing LLC has announced that more than 50 PC products are currently using the HDMI interface, including nearly two dozen desktop and notebook PCs |
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| Analogix denies lawsuit charges by Silicon Image
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2007-02-13 |
| Analogix Semiconductor Inc. denied lawsuit allegations filed against the company by Silicon Image Inc. in a federal court in California. |
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| Silicon Image picks Agilent's equipment for HDMI testing
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2007-01-29 |
| Silicon Image Inc. has selected Agilent Technologies's equipment for HDMI CTS 1.3a source and sink compliance testing and characterisation in its HDMI Authorised Test Centre |
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| Intel, Samsung support DisplayPort
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2007-01-11 |
| Intel and Samsung officially put their weight behind the Displayport 1.1 specification at a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). With their support the competing Universal Display Port (UDI) effort is essentially dead. |
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| Competitors criticise Super Multi Blue player
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2007-01-10 |
| LG Electronics has unveiled a dual-format HD DVD player supporting both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats on Jan. 7 at the 2007 CES. Competitors criticised the dual-format player, saying it would add to consumer confusion and carries too high a price tag. |
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| Silicon Image acquires German IP house
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2007-01-08 |
| Silicon Image Inc. has acquired German design service and IP provider sci-worx GmbH for approximately Rs.60.21 crore ($13.5 million) in cash, the company disclosed last week (Jan. 4). |
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| 802.11n mirrors designed for networking
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2007-01-04 |
| The draft silicon of 802.1n networks sampled in 2006 changed its focus to a singular concentration on IPTV and HDTV video streams. In a sense, the metamorphosis of 802.11n mirrors that of a shorter-range wireless technology, UWB radio. |
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| Silicon Image, Genesis resolve patent matter
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2006-12-27 |
| Silicon Image has signed a settlement and license agreement with Genesis Microchip Inc., which includes provisions for ongoing royalty licensing revenue for the company's DVI and HDMI products, resolving an outstanding patent matter between the two companies |
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| HDMI 1.3 to offer better DTV images
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2006-12-21 |
| Last week, Silicon Image outlined the benefits of HDMI1.3 for 2007 and beyond. Representatives from Mitsubishi and Dolby were there to discuss as well the virtues of HDMI 1.3. The meeting took place at the Dolby Labs office in New York |
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| QualCore's Hyderabad design centre focuses on IP devt
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2006-12-13 |
| One of the mandates of QualCore Logic Ltd's Hyderabad design centre is the development of innovative IPs. QualCore believes that its portfolio of silicon-proven IP has been the key to its successful execution of complex SoC or ASIC design projects. |
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| SiP begins challenging SoC implementations
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2006-11-28 |
| System-in-Package (SiP) technology has begun to challenge SoC implementations as a high-level design strategy for wireless applications because of lengthening SoC design cycles. |
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| ASUS selects Silicon Image's HDMI transmitter
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2006-11-13 |
| Silicon Image Inc. has announced that ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) has selected Silicon Image's VastLane SiI1930 high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) transmitter for its Asteio D22/D20 DAV Centre |
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| CE group formed to join digital living room duel
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2006-11-09 |
| Last week, six top consumer electronics vendors formed the WirelessHD group to define 60GHz radios that could carry uncompressed high-definition video across the living room at a roaring 5Gbps. |
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