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IC Insights: Semiconductor revenue for TVs to grow by 12% in 2014
The TV is no more passive broadcast receiver, it is turning smarter with a computing and digital networking capabilities. To connect seamlessly to a smart phone or a media server in-home and also to Internet, Smart TVs are integrated with additional electronics for computing and networking which req
4 min readWearable device shipment to grow >5X times by 2017
Berg Insight has forecasted the sales of smart glasses, smart watches and wearable fitness trackers reached 8.3 million units worldwide in 2012, up from 3.1 million devices in the previous year. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 50.6 percent, total shipments of wearable technology devices
3 min readCirrus Logic acquires Voice tech company Acoustic Tech
Cirrus Logic has acquired voice processing technology expert Acoustic Technologies. “Acoustic Tech’s team of audio experts and their proven voice processing technologies are a welcome addition to Cirrus Logic’s arsenal,” said Jason Rhode, president and chief executive officer, Cirrus Logic. “We e
1 min readSTB processors from STMicro support Google services for TV
STMicroelectronics has introduced an upgrade to its Software Development Kit 2 (SDK2) that allows the development of Android-compliant devices and supports the latest Google services for TV. Currently, consumers can access Google services for TV by connecting a “buddy box” between the existing se
2 min readST widens its product offerings for smart home electronics
To serve the interesting market of smart home electronics which includes home automation, home entertainment systems and smart management of home appliances and systems, leading chipmaker STMicroelectronics is offering range of products covering both silicon chips and software. ST has introduced new
4 min readHathway's new set-top boxes to use ICs from ST Microelectronics
India's leading cable TV service provider Hathway has selected ST Microelectronics’ set-top box SoC chip to power two of its latest high-definition (HD) set-top boxes. ST’s STiH273 (Palma) is used in Hathway’s newest HD entry-level set-top box and the STi7141 is used in Multi-Tuner HD DVR set-top
4 min readUHDTV JPEG 2000 cores supporting 28 nm FPGAs and SOCs
Barco Silex has released new range of single-chip, multi-channel 8K UHDTV JPEG 2000 cores. The cores have been implemented on the 28nm FPGA’s and SoC’s of Altera and Xilinx. “This new range of ultra-high resolution JPEG 2000 cores fitting in a single FPGA or SoC device are facilitating manufactur
1 min readST has developed some key products for smart watch
After the smart phone, Smart watch is becoming new trend. Already couple of companies have launched successful Smart watches. Smart watches and such wearable electronic devices require chips, which are smaller and less power consuming than chips used in smart phones. Most of these devices lo
2 min readLatest survey of video watching on mobiles, by Ericsson
72% of respondents watch TV and video on mobile devices each week Content watched in separate chunks of time, but seamlessly on different devices and in different situations. More than 40% of respondents over age 65 watch on-demand content Consumers rank "à la carte" video content as a top-five asp
4 min readAdd voice recognition/speech-to-text feature to your SOC design
Time is ripe for the keypad to say good-bye from your computers, mobile phones, consumer electronics systems. The natural interface such as touch-interface is already preferred over keyboard to interact with the computers. Spoken voice is even more a natural preference to interface with the electro
3 min readSony BRAVIA TVs use Silicon Image MHL/HDMI chips
Silicon Image has announced that its MHL/HDMI dual-mode connectivity products are used in Sony BRAVIA TVs to connect them to mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones. MHL and HDMI are becoming most used video interface to connect mobile phones and computers to large screen displays such
2 min readST's chip powers Korea's first NFC enabled fridge
Korea's first NFC fridge is using NFC chip from ST microelectronics. The NFC chip M24LR integrates I2C interface memory with NFC communication interface. The fridge named Class Cube connects to the smartphone through this NFC interface. Class Cube alerts the user when the fridge door is left open an
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