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Sigma ramp up the production of its STV7701UHD TV IC
Sigma Designs has increased the production of its STV7701 Ultra HD High Dynamic Range (HDR) TV IC chip and is also shipping in volumes to its customers. Sigma Designs claims STV7701 is the only product shipping in the market today that supports multiple HDR standards including HDR 10, BD UHD, and Do
3 min readSTB SoCs from MStar features forensic watermarking of 4K video content
MStar Semiconductor has integrated Verimatrix VideoMark forensic watermarking technology into its system-on-chips (SoCs) for UHD set-top boxes (STBs) and its OTT/IP STB. With this integration of watermarking technology, Mstar's STBs meet the redefined security requirements for UHD/4K video services
1 min readUSB 3.0 camera reference design kit for wide range of applications
Cypress Semiconductor and THine Electronics introduced USB 3.0 camera reference design kit with 13-megapixel resolution at 21 frames per second. Cypress claim this is the fastest USB3.0 camera ref. design. The new Ascella design kit is based on Cypress’s EZ-USB CX3 USB 3.0 camera controller and
3 min readGartner forecasts 500-700 million smarthomes worldwide by 2020
Gartner reports number of smart connected homes is expected to grow from between 100 to 200 million homes now to between 500 to 700 million homes by 2020. Some of the IOT examples such as home appliances and other electronic devices mentioned by Gartner includes smart stoves which teaches you
3 min readQualcomm acquires broadband networking chipmaker Ikanos to target smarthome
After agreeing to acquire short-range wireless chip maker CSR, Qualcomm goes for broadband chip maker Ikanos Communications. Qualcomm Atheros, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Ikanos for $2.75 per share in cash. There are
3 min readMontage licenses Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP for STB SoCs
Arteris announced that Montage Technology, maker of digital set-top box (STB) systems-on-chip, has licensed Arteris FlexNoC IP for use in its next generation chipsets. “Arteris FlexNoC’s quality-of-service and data traffic arbitration features are expected to be the best of any on-chip interconn
2 min readHow 64-bit ARM Processor servers trending?
When a company called Calexda closed its operations, it was a setback for 64-bit ARM processor architecture based server development. Calexda was a startup fully focusing on ARM 64 bit, but there were some-what better established semiconductor vendors who have also started designing server chips us
8 min readNew building automation standards supports IOT powered smart home
U.S.-based industry association Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and LonMark International have made available a new standards for home and building automation. The standards are useful for users, developers, vendors, integrators and specifiers of open building control systems, where devic
5 min readLaser LEDs helping pico projectors to enter mainstream
Though not very successful, Pico projectors are still hoping for a big comeback in smart phones as well as other portable computing systems. If Pico projector was accepted way of display in mobiles, the laptop should have been just a CPU integrated keyboard with built-in projector and a touch pad.
3 min readVLSI design: Powerful DSP and RF IPs essential for smart audio SoC design
Audio SOC design basically requires DSP processor IP, and a precision analog interface. What's important in today's connected world is audio SOC requires wireless interface such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. With all these blocks on the chip, the total power consumption need to be kept low. Deeper node c
2 min readST's STiH237 powering new Skyworth Digital HD set-top box.
STMicroelectronics announced that its Cardiff satellite SoC (STiH237) is powering the new Skyworth Digital HD set-top box. “South Asia is a very dynamic market engaged in the beneficial transition to Digital TV,” said Eric Benoit, Head of Product Line, Headed Platforms, Consumer Product Division
3 min readST's home-networking solution gets MoCA 2.0 certified
STMicroelectronics announces that its STiC2BB+STiC2PA home-networking reference design has received the MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 interoperability certificate. “In the dynamic and competitive Consumer industry, ST continues to be a leading provider of solutions based on the MoCA t
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