Hitachi-LG Chooses Micron NAND for Hybrid Optical Drive

Micron Technology, Inc. announced that Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. (HLDS) will employ Micron’s 25-nanometer (nm) NAND flash memory in its new HyDrive hybrid optical disc drive (ODD).

Dolby Developing Implementation Licensing Program in China

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced plans to develop an implementation licensing program in China and that the company is working with Nationalchip to offer chip designs that support Dolby Digital Plus.

Panasonic Develops New LSI for Blu-ray Players

Panasonic Corporation announced that it has successfully developed a new mass-production technology for 32-nm system LSIs and plans to ship system LSIs based on this technology for use in Blu-ray Disc (BD) players. According to the statement, this technology enables system LSIs with higher performance and lower power consumption well suited for use in consumer …

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Irdeto Certifies Zoran for Pay-TV STBs

Zoran Corporation announced that Irdeto has certified its SupraXD 170 and SupraXD 180 processors for the secure delivery of digital content to pay-TV set-top boxes that use Irdeto’s Conditional Access System (CAS).