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Pioneer chooses Wolfson audio DACs for its advanced Blu-ray player

Wolfson announces that its WM8740 high performance stereo DAC has been selected by Pioneer Electronics for use in its latest Blu-ray home theatre disc player.  >>  

LG Electronics Selects Broadcom Solution to Power World's First Network Blu-ray Disc Player Featuring Netflix Instant Streaming

Broadcom has announced that its BCM7440 Blu-ray Disc system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics to power the Blu-ray Disc player featuring Netflix instant streaming.  >>  

Cypress's CYRF6936 2.4-GHz Wireless Solution Unleashes Savant's Innovative Remote Controls From Line-Of-Sight Dependency

Cypress Semiconductor announced that Savant Systems, has selected Cypress's CYRF6936 proprietary 2.4-GHz wireless solution for its ROSIE RF remote controls.  >>  

Marvell Award-Winning Qdeo Video Processing Powers Sharp's Fourth-Generation Blu-Ray Disc Recorder

Marvell announced that its 88DE2710 with Qdeo video processing is a featured component of the Sharp BD-HDW22/25/30 Blu-ray disc recorders, thus furthering the integration of Marvell technology into...  >>  

NEC Electronics Announces the World's First Single-Chip LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players

NEC Electronics announced that it had developed a single-chip LSI, named EMMA 3PF, to integrate the main functions of Blu-ray Disc players.  >>  

MoSys Demonstrates Blu-Ray Solution for Home Entertainment Applications

MoSys has demonstrated its All Format Front End Blu-Ray System-On-Chip IP in Silicon, to potential customers.  >>  

Panasonic Develops World's First*1 Single-Chip Signal Processing LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players

Panasonic has developed the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) player-specific single-chip signal processing LSI in response to the latest BD standards*2. This LSI combines a front end to read the...  >>  

Silicon Laboratories Introduces Industry's Smallest Multi-Standard Digital Video Demodulator

Silicon Laboratories announced the Si2161 and Si2165 digital video demodulators, small, low power and high performance demodulator solutions to support DVB-T, DVB-C and fixed reception DVB-H in a...  >>  

Tensilica Adds Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder and Dolby Digital Compatible Output 5.1-Channel Encoders to Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine Codec Library

Tensilica, Inc. has announced that it has added the Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder (DDCE) and Dolby Digital Compatible Output (DDCO) 5.1-channel encoders to its audio codec library for the Xtensa...  >>  

Fujitsu Introduces New H.264 Transcoder, Based on Industry-Leading Video Compression Technology

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) today extended its family of high-performance H.264-compliant ICs, announcing a new transcoder designed to compress full high definition (1920 x 1080)...  >>  

Micronas Designs Industry's Smallest, Fully Integrated Audio Video Decoder for Digital Media Devices

Micronas has announced the availability of an advanced and fully integrated audio/video front-end decoder (AVF 49x0B) well suited for consumer devices such as Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), DVD...  >>  

Cirrus Logic Delivers First Available Single-Chip Audio Processor for Complex Decode Demands of Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD Formats

Cirrus Logic Inc (Nasdaq: CRUS) has introduced a single-chip audio processor, the CS49700, designed to meet the demanding processing tasks associated with emerging new standards. The CS49700...  >>  

SMSC Announces PCI-Based Network Multimedia Co-Processor Supporting Home Networking High Definition Streaming

SMSC (Nasdaq: SMSC), a leading semiconductor company providing innovative system solutions spanning analog, digital and mixed-signal technologies, is delivering a PCI-based network multimedia...  >>  

NEC Electronics Introduces Next Generation of EMMATM System LSI Chips for HD DVD Systems

NEC Electronics has introduced its newest generation of its renowned EMMATM series of high performance system LSI chips for digital consumer applications. The EMMATM3 series is optimized for...  >>  

Fairchild Semiconductor Introduces Single-Channel Video Filter/Driver to Improve Performance and Reduce System Cost in Video Applications

Fairchild Semiconductor now offers a 4th order, single-channel filter/driver with an 8kV ESD rating and SC70 package option. The new FMS6141’s active filtering approach improves system...  >>  

Silicon Image Delivers First Consumer Electronics Storage Processor With Content Security

Silicon Image, Inc. has announced the SteelVine SiI5733, the first storage processor with content security enabled by automatic drive locking.  >>  

Fujitsu to Demonstrate Industry's First H.264 Format Video-Processing IC for HD Recording and Playback at CES 2007

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) demonstrated Amedia Networks’ new gateways, which use Fujitsu’s MPEG-2 encoder and decoder technology with Amedia’s wireless chip...  >>  

Fujitsu to Introduce New H.264 Format Video-Processing IC for Next-Generation DVD HD Recording and Playback

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. announced the industry’s first large-scale IC capable of real-time compression and decompression of high-definition TV-level video in H.264 format.  >>  

Broadcom Announces the Industry's First Complete Blu-ray/HD DVD System-on-a-Chip Solution for Media Player Development

Broadcom Corporation today announced the industry's first complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution that combines both Blu-ray™ and HD DVD optical disc formats into a highly integrated,...  >>  

NEW WOLFSON HIGH VOLTAGE AUDIO DACS REDUCE COST IN DVD PLAYERS AND RECORDERS

Wolfson Microelectronics plc has announced a new cost-saving technology in multi-channel DACs for DVD players and recorders. The WM8522 and WM8501 provide high-performance audio and integrate...  >>