| HDTVs to feature removable hard drives
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2007-03-22 |
| Hitachi has plans to sell the world's first high-definition TVs (HDTV) with removable hard drives, according to a Reuters report |
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| TI to revamp fab strategies
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2007-03-21 |
| Amid stinging losses of its base band chip monopolies at Docomo, Ericsson and Nokia, Texas Instruments is moving with a new sense of urgency to shake up its corporate culture and revamp its fab and product strategies. |
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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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| Silicon Image licenses Sunplus' DTV products
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2007-02-08 |
| Silicon Image Inc. has signed a Rs.181.28 crore ($40 million) cross-licensing agreement to use and further develop Sunplus Technology's intellectual property for video processors and DTV products. |
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| Global chip sales post strong growth
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2007-02-06 |
| Global sales of semiconductors hit Rs.11,22,576.40 crore ($247.7 billion) in 2006, up 8.9 per cent from Rs.1,031,030 crore ($227.5 billion) in 2005, reports the SIA. |
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| WiMAX to boost Taiwan's wireless growth
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2007-01-16 |
| Surprisingly, three of the top four products—mobile phone, Bluetooth, WLAN—in Taiwan wireless communications are experiencing a downturn since 1H 07. Meanwhile, GPS keeps on growing. |
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| Verbatim claims 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray media
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2007-01-11 |
| Verbatim Corp., together with its parent company, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (Verbatim/MKM) has started production of 2X speed 50GB dual-layer (DL) Blu-ray Recordable (BD-R) and Blu-ray Rewriteable (BD-RE) media for shipment to the United States. |
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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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| Bluespec showcases products at VLSI Conference
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2007-01-10 |
| Bluespec Inc. is demonstrating its product lines at the VLSI Conference 2007 (Booth #20) January 8-10, in Bangalore, India. |
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| China gears up for more innovative design
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2007-01-08 |
| Although there is still a lot of work to be done in mainland China's R&D sector, there has been remarkable progress especially in the communication and consumer electronics (CE) front. |
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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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| 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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| Japan's display makers aim at 'ultra' HD displays
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2006-12-18 |
| Full-HD resolution (1,080 x 1,920pixels), often described as "2k" because of its horizontal resolution lines, is already the norm in Japan, where flat-panel display companies are fiercely competing to promote their products. |
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| HDTV to grow slowly in APAC
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2006-12-04 |
| Despite flat-panel TV sets becoming HDTV-capable and more affordable, the number of broadcasters delivering commercial HDTV content are still limited in Asia Pacific, said In-Stat in its Asia Pacific HDTV market sets off in 2006 report |
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| TSMC, Samsung, MediaTek to benefit from market next year
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2006-11-24 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and MediaTek in Taiwan and Samsung in South Korea will be among the main beneficiaries of the trends destined to shape the Asia-Pacific semiconductor industry next year. |
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| DS2 to supply Japan with silicon for PLC apps
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2006-11-09 |
| DS2 will supply Japan with silicon for Powerline communications (PLC) applications that meets EMC requirements approved in the country. |
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| Special interest group to develop 60GHz spec
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2006-11-03 |
| Special interest group WirelessHD is developing a specification to pass high-definition multimedia material using an unlicensed frequency band at 60GHz. |
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| Syntax-Brillian to acquire Vivitar
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2006-11-02 |
| Syntax-Brillian Corp., has agreed to acquire Vivitar, a maker of digital and film cameras, for Rs.120.15 crore ($26 million) in stock. |
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| Hitachi chooses Cypress clock for HDTV
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2006-10-27 |
| Hitachi Ltd. has chosen Cypress Semiconductor clocks for the Wooo 9000 series HDTVs. Five Cypress products have been designed-in to provide the precise timing necessary for the advanced Wooo systems. |
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| Canon, Toshiba to begin construction of SED TV mass production line
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2006-09-13 |
| Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. are planning to begin constructing a mass production line for SED flat-panel televisions as early as this year. |
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| China creates mandatory national DTV standard
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2006-08-10 |
| China is rolling out a long-awaited standard for terrestrial DTV that marks the beginning of the end of European DVB-T trials and adds a rival for mobile-TV services in China. |
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| Strong sales of HDTV, CE to continue, says Sony exec
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2006-08-08 |
| According to an executive for Sony Electronics Inc., strong sales of HDTVs and other consumer electronics are projected to continue the second half of the year. |
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| Brazil selects Japan's ISDB standard for HDTV
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2006-07-04 |
| In return for a possible semiconductor production plant, Brazil has selected Japan's ISDB standard for HDTV, and gets technology transfers, investments and financing in return |
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| Xilinx recalls its Spartan-3 FPGAs
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2006-06-30 |
| Programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc. has announced a recall of Spartan-3, Spartan-3E and Spartan-3L FPGAs made between September 2005 and late April 2006. |
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| Micronas tapes-out HDTV chip with Synopsys solution
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2006-06-29 |
| Synopsys Inc. has announced that Micronas has taped-out one of its HDTV chips using Synopsys' IC Compiler physical implementation solution |
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| China introduces their own DTV standard
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2006-06-28 |
| After years of rivalry and numerous delays, China's terrestrial DTV standard is finally coming out, and it will cover fixed and mobile terminals. |
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| 1394 Trade Association prepares for home net revival
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2006-06-21 |
| Promoters at the 1394 Trade Association plan to exploit consumers' appetite for HDTV, and build on the HANA's emerging spec. to send 1394 speed-up over coaxial cables |
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| 1394 Trade Association primed for home net revival
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2006-06-16 |
| Promoters at the 1394 Trade Association plan to exploit consumers' appetite for HDTV, and build on the HANA's emerging spec. to send 1394 speed-up over coaxial cables |
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