What is a multimedia IC?
| Chip or chipset designed specifically for use in multimedia applications such as handsets, displays, etc. |
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| 2008-09-01 | NAND flash benefits multimedia phones Today's multimedia phones require the density, cost and write performance advantages that NAND flash offers. Because of these, NAND flash has become mainstream within mobile phones through the growing use of additional high-density embedded storage chips card slots. |
| 2006-01-16 | Multimedia processors arm for price, feature race Taiwan's Mobilic Technology will launch two IC product lines that promise features of a high-end smart phone at very low cost. |
| 2009-12-28 | Multimedia processor promises higher integration The chip features up to 20Mpixel digital camera and photo image processing and 1Gpixel 2D/3D graphics rendering. |
| 2008-02-01 | Multimedia codec integrates power management Wolfson's WM8400 combines a multimedia codec with integrated power management features to deliver a high-performance audio and mixing capability, longer battery life and reduced system cost for multimedia mobile handsets |
| 2003-12-12 | Megabits and multimedia specs await new Bluetooth road map The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is setting up a new road map committee to provide broad market inputs on directions and timing for the next version of the short-range wireless link. |
| 2009-08-14 | MCUs tout best HID multimedia features Cypress grows its line of USB and MCUs with full-speed USB and low-voltage wireless controllers. |
| 2006-11-16 | LSI intros multimedia processor for low-cost CE apps LSI Logic Corp. has introduced its first chip under the Zevio ASIC platforma multimedia application processor designed to power sub-$100 consumer devices |
| 2007-05-31 | LSI chips support TV broadcasts on PCs NEC Electronics Corp. unveils eight new MPEG encoder chips, the ?PD61250-7 model, targeted at PC TV tuner markets to enable OEMs to build powerful multimedia PCs to receive and record worldwide digital and analog TV broadcasts. |
| 2008-08-27 | Judge proposes to stop importing SiRF infringed chips A recommendation by an administrative law judge has been made to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to bar the importation of SiRF Technology Holdings Inc.'s infringed chips along with all downstream products that are included in those chips |
| 2002-05-28 | ITC, SCUT codevelop next-gen SoC chips Infinite Technology Corp. has entered into a cooperative agreement with the South China University of Technology to jointly develop next-generation multimedia and communications SoC chips for the mainland China market. |
| 2009-08-13 | Innofidei tapes out CMMB IC with Chips&Media IP Chips&Media Inc. announced that Innofidei Inc. completed its China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) single-chip design tape out. |
| 2009-02-23 | Imagis to integrate haptic tech in CE chips Immersion and Imagis have signed a licensing and development agreement. Imagis will incorporate Immersion's programmable high-fidelity haptic technology in chips designed for electronic devices such as CE, mobile phones and handhelds |
| 2006-11-15 | IGP chips support PCIe, DDR/DDR2 memory VIA Technologies has developed the VIA CN800 digital media IGP chipset that supports PCIe and DDR/DDR2 memory. |
| 2006-08-23 | Hot Chips conference showcases high-performance architectures The 18th annual Hot Chips conference featured presentations on the latest multicore solutions for servers and workstations and highly parallel processors for embedded apps |
| 2010-01-06 | HDBaseT chipset enables converged multimedia The chipsets enable the convergence of uncompressed full HD digital video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, power and control. |
| 2009-03-30 | Handset chips Edge toward low power ST-Ericsson NV has announced the 4908 and 4910 for next-generation, low-cost handsets to the Edge standard. The company claims these new chips offer the longest battery life for mobile phones |
| 2008-01-31 | GPON chips ready to invade homes Startup Iamba Networks Inc. has introduced its first chips to bring fiber-to-the-home, joining the bandwagon of companies hoping a long-awaited ramp in GPONs will begin this year |
| 2005-09-09 | Genesis Microchip supplies TV chips to China's Konka China-based TV maker Konka Group has made Genesis Microchip Inc. its predominant supplier of advanced TV controller chips for its LCD, CRT and plasma TV platforms |
| 2011-07-05 | Freescale SoCs integrate Chips&Media's video tech Freescale is using Chips&Media's hardware video acceleration technology in its iMX 6 SoC series |
| 2005-04-26 | Flash memory suits multimedia phones Samsung developed a 4Gb OneNAND flash memory device for multimedia phones, featuring micro-compact dimensions, low power consumption and high performance, in addition to its high density |
| 2008-06-11 | ESL methods for optimizing a multimedia phone chip The trend towards high-quality multimedia content and higher communication bandwidth drastically increases the complexity of the underlying SoC architecture |
| 2006-02-14 | EoNex's modem chips based on CEVA DSP solution CEVA Inc. announced that its low-power CEVA-TeakLite DSP solution is being used in production by EoNex Technologies. |
| 2008-07-24 | Entropic-Echostar duo team on satellite TV chips Entropic Communications Inc. is collaborating with EchoStar Technologies LLC on the development of chips for satellite TV services, continuing its plan to diversify beyond its core business in silicon for MoCA home networking |
| 2007-08-15 | DVB-T chips offer multimedia add-on features Sunplus Technology claims that its DVB-T turnkey solution is among the first dual-chip solutions to deliver digital terrestrial broadcasting reception and multimedia add-on features |
| 2008-01-10 | Dual-band .11n chips open network freeway for multimedia Broadcom has announced that its dual-band 802.11n technology is enabling new Wi-Fi products to offer multimedia capabilities that other solutions can only promise: simultaneous voice, video and data applications |
| 2006-06-21 | DSP core delivers 1GHz, targets multimedia apps Renesas' new VLIW-type synthesizable DSP core operates at 1GHz and can be embedded in multimedia SoCs |
| 2007-02-26 | Design low-power multiprocessor chips The demand for higher performance and more features has only served to increase total system power consumption. |
| 2008-07-01 | Chips embed CEC to support HDMI 1.3 In an effort to help manufacturers easily add CE control (CEC) functionality to digital systems, interface chip vendors are designing transmitters and receivers, as well as switches and repeaters, with features that allow them to embed CEC capability with fewer parts into DTVs, PCs, video recorders and other A/V products. |
| 2008-11-26 | Chips aim to resolve H.264/AVC issues From digital TVs to portable electronics, the H.264/AVC next-generation video compression standard is becoming mainstream. |
| 2008-10-01 | Chipmakers pack multimedia functions in processors Semiconductor vendors tailoring video chips for the consumer market have taken integration to the next level. As price pressure from consumers persists in the flat-panel, DTV, DVD player, notebook and mobile phone sectors, chip companies are taking a cue from OEMs to provide devices that pack more video functions to minimize costs |
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