RoxioNow Available on Panasonic UniPhier
Sonic Solutions announced the availability of its RoxioNow entertainment platform on the latest System LSI in the UniPhier series from the Panasonic Corporation.
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MediaTek Integrates RoxioNow Into Blu-ray and HDTV Chipsets
Sonic Solutions announced the availability of the RoxioNow entertainment platform on MediaTek’s Blu-ray Disc (BD) System-on-Chip (SoC) and HDTV solutions.
LucidPort Adds Blu-ray to USB 3.0 Bridge Controller
LucidPort Technology announced that it has released new firmware that adds Blu-ray Disc (BD) capability to its USB 3.0 to SATA bridge controller (USB300). According to the statement, in addition to connecting hard disks and solid state drives to USB 3.0, the USB300 can now link Blu-ray or other SATA optical disc drives to a …
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Panasonic Selects Gennum SDI for Pro 3D Video Equipment
Gennum Corporation announced that its Serial Digital Interface (SDI) solutions have been selected by Panasonic Corporation for use in Panasonic’s professional-quality 3D video equipment. According to the statement, Panasonic selected Gennum’s SDI transmitter (used in the AG-3DA1 full HD 3D camcorder), receiver with integrated equalizer (used in the AG-HMX100 professional HD/SD digital AV mixer), receiver …
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Dow Sells Styron Plastics Division for $1.63 Billion
The Dow Chemical Company and Bain Capital Partners announced that they have closed the sale of Dow’s Styron Division to an affiliate of Bain Capital. According to the statement, Dow has elected to retain a 7.5% equity position in Styron, which is now a privately held, global materials company. Also included in the transaction are …
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ViewSonic Embraces Sigma Media Processors
ViewSonic and Sigma Designs announced that ViewSonic’s new VMP74 and VMP75 Media Players are based on Sigma’s SMP8650 series media processor System-on-Chip (SoC) products. According to the statement, ViewSonic’s new media players allow consumers to surf the web, watch television programs from around the world and tap into online video sources.
Marvell Goes 3D
Marvell announced that it has introduced “3D by Marvell”, support for 3D Blu-ray playback integrated in its ARMADA 1000 High Definition (HD) Media Processor System-on-a-Chip (SoC). According to the statement, the ARMADA 1000 HD Media Processor (88DE3010) is designed to equip manufacturers with the tools needed to support 3D content in devices such as Blu-ray …
Indilinx SSD Controller Selected for HLDS HyDrive
Indilinx announced that its Barefoot SSD controller was selected by Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) as the preferred solid-state drive (SSD) controller choice for the new HLDS HyDrive.
Sigma Doubles Blu-ray Media Processor Performance
Sigma Designs announced the availability of its new SMP8646 media processor System-on-a-chip (SoC). According to the statement, designed for networked Blu-ray device manufacturers, the new multi-core chipset enables the latest consumer experiences including 3D video, Flash video, Android and the latest over-the-top (OTT) services. The SoC integrates powerful multimedia processing, a robust content security system, …
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Zoran Licenses RealD Format for 3D
Zoran Corporation and RealD Inc. announced that Zoran has licensed the stereoscopic RealD format and will incorporate support for 3D content delivery and display technology into its TV, set-top box and Blu-ray products.
Realtek Chip Certified for DivX Plus HD
DivX, Inc. and Realtek Semiconductor Corp. announced the DivX Plus HD Certification of the Realtek RTD1283 chip.