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ADI to upstage Silicon Image with new HDMI 1.4 IC
Some new AV receivers or sound bars -- scheduled for Christmas launch -- may come with HDMI 1.4 features including audio return channel and 3D processing, but they will be powered by Analog Devices' new HDMI 1.4 transceiver IC, rather than those by Silicon Image.
Silicon Image CEO resigns amid lower forecast
Amid a lower forecast for the quarter, Silicon Image Inc. has announced the resignation of its president and chief executive, Steve Tirado.
Pace touts hybrid STB with 3D user interface
Pace (Saltaire, England) unveiled a hybrid set-top box with a fully integrated 3D user interface at the IBC this week.
Polymer Vision may hit the screens again
On-line reports in the Netherlands suggest that Polymer Vision has been bought from the administrators by an Asian based company, and that it will continue to work on launching foldable e-paper display devices.
Open IPTV group touts specs, demos
The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has published the architecture specification for IPTV infrastructure elements and services to be included in Release 2 of the forum's specifications.
NXP, Entropic demo MoCA based STB design
NXP Semiconductors and Entropic Communications, Inc. will demonstrate at this week's IBC in Amsterdam a jointly developed MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) enabled set-top box (STB) reference design.
3D TV - a distant perspective
Following on from high-definition TV, 3D TV is expected to provide the next big technology push and consumer pull for the industry. 3D technology approaches have been around for many years but with varying degrees of inconvenience for the viewer.
Samsung selects RMI processor for LED TV
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has selected the MIPS-based Au1250 processor from RMI Corp. (Cupertino, Calif.) for use in its LED TV Couple product family, according to RMI.
Huge growth seen in OLED use for phone displays
Global shipments of OLED displays for use in mobile phones are expected to rise by a factor of eight from 2009 to 2015, up from 22.2 million units now to 178 million units in 2015, according to market trackers at iSuppli.
Samsung maintains LCD-TV lead, says iSuppli
Samsung Electronics held on to the top spot in the global LCD-TV market in the second quarter, partly due to a surge in shipments of its LED-backlit sets, according to market research firm iSuppli.
TriQuint Semi acquires cable TV chip vendor
RF semiconductor supplier TriQuint Semiconductor said it has acquired TriAccess Technologies, a provider of cable TV and fiber-to-the-premise ICs. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sony, Blu-ray group set to push on 3D
The Blu-ray Disc Association is firming up plans to incorporate 3D TV content into the optical disc standard. However, the group gave few details of timescales or clear signals of which technology it would use to achieve this. And Sony is also set to announce a major push into 3D technologies.
Vimicro buys surveillance line from Alcatel-Lucent
China's Vimicro International Corp., a multimedia semiconductor provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the video surveillance system technology line from Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Ltd. Co.
Liquid-OLED could boost flexible displays, e-readers
The possibility of combining the rich color gamut of organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays with enhanced flexibility is opened up by an academic paper on a liquid-OLED display in a recent issue of Applied Physics Letters.
Gateways, Web shape next-gen home networks
Tomorrow's home networks will be shaped by a race to bring the Web to digital home products and the rising influence of service providers, according to a market watcher Parks Associates in an online talk.
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