At least for China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting, NewPort Media will be mass producing the first 65nm System-on-Chip (SoC) which integrates a RF tuner, demodulator, memory as well as Mobile Broadcast Business Management System (MBBMS) conditional access functions. This new chip aims to address the growing popularity of the digital TV market in China. Mass production has ...

With the coming of Digital TV fast approaching, the focus these days has been on the available resources like set-top boxes to make sure they don’t encounter problems during the transition period. Haier (Beijing) IC Design Co. is leveraging high-performance, low-power MIPS32 processor cores to power DTV and set-top box (STB) SoC designs. The company ...

Samsung will be soon unveiling new ultra-slim LCD panels with something to add. The added bonus is the edge-lit LED backlighting. Samsung offers lighter weight and thinner designs compared to standard direct-lit LED LCDs, and moreover, a 55-inch Samsung HDTV with edge-lit LED backlighting "uses up to 40 percent less power than conventional LCD TVs. "The ...