Samsung crams digital TV into a single chip
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(InfoWorld) - Samsung ElectronicsÂ has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems. The chips should make possible smaller portable media players and cellphones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world. The chips are compatible with the DVB-T/H system being used or deployed in many European countries, the DAB-IP system being used in London, Japan's ISDB-T "1-seg" system and South Korea's terrestrial DMB. Samsung said they are the first quad-system chips to be made using 65-nanometer production technology. The nanometer measurement refers to the size of the smallest feature on the chip's surface. Chip makers like Samsung are continually refining their production technology to produce chips with smaller, finer features because that helps shrink the overall size and power consumption of the units -- something that is especially important for chips used in portable electronics products. One of the two chips is a multiband RF tuner, which receives the analog broadcast signal, and the other is a channel decoder, which takes that analog signal and transforms it into a digital signal for processing. The tuner covers the VHF, UHF, and L frequency bands used for mobile digital TV in most regions. Samsung also offers a single chip containing the two pieces of silicon. Mobile digital TV is becoming increasingly popular among consumers in many countries. Almost all high-end cellphones in markets like Japan and South Korea now offer digital TV reception and the feature is being added to laptop computers and portable media devices. However, a number of different standards exist around the world making such multi-standard chips a potentially attractive option to hardware makers. Samples of the chips are already being produced and offered to system makers and mass production is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter, Samsung said.
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Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday unveiled a new type of memory chip that it said will allow digital devices to work faster by saving new data more quickly.
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Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing for consumer electronics, today announced that its EM8622L media processors are powering Sampo Corporation's new networked LCD TV, networked HD DTV box and wireless A/V adapter (projectors, LCD/PDP TV monitors).
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When Texas Instruments needed a code name for its newest chip, the company settled on Hollywood. That's a clear indication of TI's goal for its latest development, the wireless industry's first single-chip digital television for mobile devices.
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Here's what happens when you take the powerful Cell microprocessor, the chip that sits at the heart of the PS3, and put it to use inside a television. It's impressive.
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South Korean display screen maker Samsung  SDI Co  said on Thursday it had developed a 31-inch  ultra-thin organic screen, raising the stakes in an  accelerating worldwide race for organic displays.
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Texas Instruments Inc. has begun developing a chip that could bring television shows to mobile phone screens in three years.
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Samsung has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems.
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Texas Instruments is prepping a new single-chip solution designed to bring live broadcast television to mobile phones and other portable devices.
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Samsung has developed a cut-down version of the multimedia memory card (MMC) that it hopes to see deployed in future mobile phones.
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Has eye on media, gaming handsets Samsung yesterday said it expects gadget makers to incorporate its newly announced 'fusion' memory chip, branded OneDRAM, into handsets, portable games consoles and media players by H2 2007. They'll do it because the technology "sharply increases" data throughput speeds, the company claimed.â¦
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Texas Instruments Inc. today announced development of the wireless industry&#39;s first digital TV on a single chip for cell phones, code-named &quot;Hollywood.
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Digital television channels are to be transmitted straight to hi-tech mobile telephones in a UK first.
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Carbon nanotube technology could lead to flatter, cheaper TVs.
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Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has begun developing a chip that could bring television shows to mobile phone screens in three years.
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Texas Instruments Inc. has begun  developing a chip that could bring television shows to mobile  phone screens in three years.
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Texas Instruments (TI) has developed the wireless industry&#39;s first digital TV on a single chip for cell phones. This will capture broadcast signals and allow cell phone users to watch live broadcasts ranging.