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SiTune Releases Tuner for 8K Broadcasts

by Bob Raikes

SiTune Corporation of San Jose has said that it has developed the STN6528, the first tuner capable of supporting the new Advanced Wide Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting Standard (ARIB STD-B44) for broadcasting 8K digital …

Technicolor HDR Wins SoC Makers

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor said that it has got support from chip makers Marvell, MStar Semiconductor, Sigma Designs and STMicroelectronics for the firm’s HDR technologies. The company also said that it has developed and released a tone …

MediaTek Boosts Big & Small Chips

by Bob Raikes

MediaTek has announced the MT2523 series of chips for wearables, smart home applications and the MT8581 SoC for UltraHD Blu-ray players. The MT2523 is claimed to be the first system-in-package (SiP) to offer GPS, …

Peraso Speeds WiGig Rollout

by Tom Allen

Peraso Technologies has developed the W110 WiGig chipset, which is now in mass production. Targeting WiGig applications, the chipset includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC, to implement …

TI EVM Speeds Pico Time to Market

by Tom Allen

Texas Instruments has developed a new evaluation module (EVM) and pico display chipset, which can be used to generate 1920 x 1080 images. The DLP Lightcrafter 4710 EVM is designed for use with the …

Tags:Chips| DLP| Large Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Actions Looks to 64-bit for STB Market

by Tom Allen

China’s Actions Semiconductor has launched the GT7 chipset: a 64-bit octa-core device (quad-core CPU and GPU) for OTT set-top boxes (STBs). Featuring HEVC decoding, the GT7 enables UltraHD playback from online sources. RJ45 and …

IDT Teams With Blu Wireless to Unite Wireless Charging and WiGig

by Isaac Oburu

IDT is working with Blu Wireless Technology to combine integrated wireless charging with ultra-fast 60 GHz WiGig® data transmission, a combination that is intended to enable consumers to charge their phones and tablets while …

AMD Optimises for AR & VR

by Milos Pavlovic

AMD has released new software for its Radeon chips that will be, effectively, an operating system for the company’s chips when used in stand-alone applications such as A/R and V/R headsets. AMD has already …

MStar Works on Dolby Vision SoCs

by Tom Allen

Dolby and MStar are working together to deliver Dolby Vision UltraHD SoCs for HDR TVs next year. The companies will collaborate to optimise Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s video processing engine.

STMicro Addresses Entry-Level HEVC

by Tom Allen

STMicroelectronics has a new family of chipsets for entry-level set-top boxes (STBs) with HEVC support. The HD HEVC Liege3 family comprises satellite (STiH337/STiH332), cable (STiH3372) and IPTV variants (STiH307/STiH3302). All chipsets in the new …

Three 60Hz UltraHD Displays, Powered by Skylake?

by Tom Allen

PC World claims that Intel will release the first of its Skylake chips in early September. According to the rumours, these chips will feature fixed-function support for UltraHD video rendering in hardware, as well …

Qualcomm Previews Snapdragon 820 at Siggraph

by Tom Allen

At Siggraph 2015, Qualcomm introduced its next-generation GPUs and camera image signal processors (ISPs). The Adreno 5xx GPU series will premiere with the Adreno 530 in the upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor, and the Adreno …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 33