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MStar Launches World First 4k STB Solution With HDR to SDR Conversion

by Tom Allen

MStar Semiconductor Inc. today demonstrated its leadership in the STB technology race by releasing its new range of 4K STB chipsets. The chipset family will be demonstrated on MStar Stand at IBC show in …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Semiconductors

MaxLinear Launches New Four-Channel Full-Spectrum Capture™ Satellite Receiver ICs

by Tom Allen

MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of integrated radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband communications applications, today announced a new family of four-channel Full Spectrum Capture™ (FSC™) tuner-demodulator devices that …

Tags:Pay TV| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Satellite| Semiconductors

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 …

Dolby Vision Signs New Partners

by Tom Allen

Dolby announced three new design wins at IFA, concerning its Dolby Vision HDR technology. Matt has covered them in detail in his latest Display Daily (HDR Coming “Real Soon Now”), but they are also …

Qualcomm’s DSPs Boost SmartDragon Graphics

by Jon Peddie

Our good friend, Dr. Jon Peddie, got to hear about the next generation Snapdragon 820, launched today. Very high resolution displays and graphics need significant processor power to drive them and this is where …

Tags:Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 34

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

Alliance Produces First 7nm Test Chips

by Tom Allen

An alliance of Globalfoundries, Samsung and IBM Research has developed the first 7nm node test chips with functioning transistors. The work, in the USA, could lead to the ability to place more than 20 …

Intel Postpones Kaby Lake, Following Skylake Delays

by Tom Allen

Intel delayed the release of its Skylake processors earlier this year, until August for desktops and Q4 for notebooks. Now we hear that the next-generation 14nm Kaby Lake processors will also be held back. …

Xilinx Has Advantages for UltraHD and 8K

by Bob Raikes

We stopped by the Xilinx booth. The company makes FPGAs (programmable chips) and has been on our radar for a couple of years as it has been developing its business in the broadcast space. …

Lattice Provides IR Control to ZTE

by Tom Allen

Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM field-programmable gate array is being used in ZTE’s Star 2 flagship smartphone. The chipset is used to perform IR remote control and sensor hub functions.

AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

by Tom Allen

According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to …

MegaChips Bridges DisplayPort and HDMI

by Tom Allen

Megachips is now shipping a DisplayPort 1.2/HDMI 2.0a bridge chip family. The MCDP28 line implements a high-speed level shifter and active-protocol converter (LSPCON) in a single chip. The chips support HDMI level shifting up …