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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, …

Snapdragon 820: Better Video, Security and Internet

by Tom Allen

The Snapdragon 820 processor has been unveiled by Qualcomm in New York, with upgrades to deliver longer battery life, faster performance and more efficient operation than previous generations. It should also be able to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Actions Launches Leading-edge 64-bit 4K Chipset for Global OTT Set-top Box Market

by Isaac Oburu

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (“Actions Semiconductor” or “the Company”), one of China’s leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced the …

Tags:Semiconductors| SOCs| STBs

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 …

MStar Adopts Dolby Vision for 4K Ultra HD TV SoCs

by Isaac Oburu

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced a collaboration with MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, to deliver Dolby Vision™ 4K Ultra HD system-on-a-chip (SoC) for high-dynamic-range (HDR) …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Semiconductors| SOCs

Apple: iPhone Battery Tests Are ‘Not Representative’

by Tom Allen

As well as random turn-offs (iPhone Owners Complain of Random Shutdowns), the iPhone 6S is said to be suffering from battery life problems – which can be traced back to the chip. There are …

HEVC Advance Gains MediaTek

by Bob Raikes

The HEVC Advance patent pool has added MediatTek as a member.

Amazon Sticks With Mediatek

by Tom Allen

Amazon’s new Fire TV, as well as its Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablets, are powered by Mediatek processors, the company has announced. The MT8173, a 64-bit quad-core processor based on ARM’s …

MediaTek Chipsets Power New Amazon Devices

by Tom Allen

MediaTek, a pioneering fabless semiconductor company and a market leader in cutting-edge systems-on-chip (SoC), today announced that it will power an array of Amazon consumer products, including the Amazon Fire TV, and Fire HD …

HiSilicon Looking to the High End

by Bob Raikes

HiSilicon is a company that we have not seen at IBC before. The company has been making a lot more noise recently and we visited after spotting that it had become a Dolby Vision …

Marvell and Leading European Telecom Provider Swisscom Expand Collaboration to Launch Ultra HD Android Set-Top Boxes

by Tom Allen

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) — a worldwide leader in providing complete silicon solutions from mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment, in-home content delivery and Kinoma® software enabling the “Smart …

BLU Products and MediaTek Partner on the BLU Pure XL Flagship Smartphone Device, First in the US Containing MediaTek’s Flagship Helio X10

by Tom Allen

BLU Products, the market leader in unlocked devices in the United States, announced today the launch of the BLU Pure XL, which will be on display at the 2015 CTIA Super Mobility Event in …

Tags:Mediatek| Smartphones| SOCs| USA