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HEVC Main 10 compliant single-chip IC for 4K media playback
Socionext is sampling HEVC Main 10 compliant IC for 4K/p60, HEVC and VP9 playback with built-in HDMI-Tx/Rx. MN2WS03101A supports new copyright protection, HDR and wide color gamut. MN2WS03101A is designed to be compact and consume low-power doing real-time decoding of HEVC-compressed 4K/p60 vide
1 min readDigital TV SoC from Toshiba use Arteris FlexNoC Fabric IP
Toshiba is using Arteris FlexNoC IP as the backbone interconnect within their latest shipping digital TV systems-on-chip (SoCs). “We were able to meet all functional, performance, area and frequency requirements without suffering any backend layout or timing issues. Using FlexNoC IP was key to ou
2 min readAmino Strengthens its TV-everywhere service offer by acquiring Booxmedia
Amino acquired Booxmedia to offer cloud TV solutions to new market segments in OTT multiscreen TV. Helsinki, Finland based Booxmedia is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud TV platform provider founded in year 2009. cloud TV solution from Booxmedia covers media capture, encoding, transcoding, st
3 min readYour electronics at home is power efficient than before
Thanks to extremely low power consuming semiconductor ICs, power efficient AC/DC adapters, low power consuming LCD panels and backlight display using LED lighting. All this resulting into your electronics gadgets at home consuming lesser and lesser power compared to a few years back. U.S.-based
1 min readZigBee Alliance and Thread collaborate on connected home products
The ZigBee Alliance and the Thread Group are collaborating to enable the ZigBee Cluster Library to run over Thread networks, so that they can jointly provide an interoperable solution for connected home systems. The ZigBee Cluster Library standardizes application level functionality for a wide v
2 min readSmart bulbs and mobile app, grows as key ingredients for smart home lighting
Smart bulb is not only just switching on/off of the light remotely, it's more about controlling the light as per the requirements such as changing the intensity of light, colour of the light and also time dependent intensity of the light. All this possible due to the control of LED lights using RF w
2 min readOmniVision's OV788 video processor is used in Acer's BYOC
OmniVision's ultra-low power OV788 video processor is used for high-definition (HD) video streaming in Acer's Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) platform. Acer's BYOC is a secure, cross-platform, multi-device cloud computing platform that allows businesses or individuals to wirelessly store, sync, and ac
2 min readSocionext is the combined semiconductor biz of Fujitsu and Panasonic
Socionext Inc., the newly formed system on chip company today announced the start of operations. The organization has completed the consolidation of the system LSI businesses of Fujitsu Limited and Panasonic Corporation, and secured an investment from the Development Bank of Japan Inc. Assuming appr
4 min readFPGA based Camera demo to do video analytics
Lattice Semiconductor demonstrated several new FPGA-based camera designs with HD for Industrial and Automotive markets at the SPIE Photonics West show. Using LatticeECP3 FPGA HDR-60 Camera Development Kit and Helion's IONOS Image Signal Processing IP as a base platform and demonstrate High Dynam
2 min readMaxLinear to acquire MoCA specialist Entropic
MaxLinear to acquire MoCA standards expert Entropic which makes semiconductor chips for cable, satellite, and fiber service providers. Entropic also has around 1,500 issued and pending patents. MaxLinear, an analog/mixed-signal chip company expands into application specific communication market
2 min read45W × 4ch audio power amplifier chip for car audio, operates down to 6V
Toshiba has launched of "TCB001HQ," a 4-channel power amplifier IC that improves noise tolerance in audio systems in cars with engine idling reduction systems. Samples are available now with mass production scheduled to start in March 2015. The engines of cars with idling reduction systems often
2 min readSTMicroelectronics shipped 4-core Ultra HD STB ICs to several OEMs
At the consumer Electronics show 2015 at Las Vegas, one of the most talked about technology is ultra HD television from leading consumer electronics companies. Another important area which is also moving to Ultra HD naturally is set-top boxes. FDSOI chip manufacturing technology expert STMicroelectr
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