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Amlogic Chip Uses Just 1GB for Android

by Milos Pavlovic

Amlogic has a new chipset, the S905X, the latest version of which supports Netflix and has 1GB of memory so that it can support UltraHD Android TV set top boxes. It can also be …

ALi and iWedia Promote Joint Hybrid DVB+OTT STB

by Bob Raikes

ALi Corporation, the developer of Set-Top Box (STB) chipsets and iWedia, a provider of software solutions for TV devices to service operators and CE makers, announced that they have joined forces to provide a …

IC05 Amorphyx Can Replace TFTs with Quantum Tunnelling

by Bob Raikes

Amorphyx is a new company that is working on new technology for backplanes and the CEO is John Brewer who started by saying that TFTs have very bad performance and the industry needs to …

Allos Semiconductor Focusing on GaN-on-Silicon for microLEDs

by Chris Chinnock

Fabrication of blue and green LEDs – whether for conventional LED signage or emerging microLED applications – has typically started with a GaN epitaxial layer on sapphire. But the limited size of sapphire substrates …

Cypress USB-C Power Delivery Controller Qualified for Thunderbolt 3 Designs

by Bob Raikes

Cypress Semiconductor Corp has announced that its EZ-PD CCG5 two port USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD) has been qualified by Intel for use in Thunderbolt 3 systems. Reference designs are now available to …

Analogix 10Gbps USB-C Re-Timers Ship

by Bob Raikes

Analogix Semiconductor Inc announced at Computex its ANX74xx family of USB-C re-timer solutions for notebooks, 2-in-1 convertible laptops, desktop PCs, monitors, and USB-C accessories. The company said that the chip is the first USB-C …

SoC Specialist ALi Posts Ninth Consecutive Quarterly Loss

by Andrew Fenn

STB chipset provider ALi reported a loss in the first quarter of 2018, the company’s ninth consecutive quarterly loss, according to Digitimes. The company’s net losses in the first quarter reportedly came to $96.3 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 25 - Issue 19

MagnaChip Moves to Third Generation of DDIC Chips

by Bob Raikes

MagnaChip has a new ‘third generation’ 40 nm OLED display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) that is already said to have won a design from a ‘leading smartphone player’. The chip supports 21:9 displays and …

Xilinx Unveils ACAP Programmable SoC

by Bob Raikes

Xilinx, Inc. announced a new product category that it calls “adaptive compute acceleration platform” (ACAP) that is is claimed to go ‘far beyond’ the capabilities of an FPGA, it’s traditional product category. The firm …

Valens Adds New HDBaseT Chipsets

by Damir Lokas

Valens announced the VS200 and VS210 chipsets, for simpler HDBaseT installations where not all the HDBaseT features are necessary. The addition of the VS200 and VS210 to the Valens Colligo family is intended to …

Tags:HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Pro AV| Semiconductors| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Raspberry Pi Skips Over Meltdown and Specter

by Bob Raikes

The Meltdown and Specter security problems are likely to mean updates being needed for Intel-based and Qualcomm-based media players. As we went to press, there was news that malicious software exploiting the problems was …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Security| Semiconductors| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Intel Stumbles as Samsung Dominates Worldwide Chip Revenue

by Steve Sechrist

For the first time in a quarter century, there is a new semiconductor chip leader according to market research firm, Gartner which recently announced Samsung has bested the 25 year long reign of Santa …