Renesas Integrates RoxioNow into Chips

Sonic Solutions announced that Renesas Electronics Corporation will include Sonic’s RoxioNow entertainment platform in Renesas’ upcoming system-on-chips (SoCs), which will be used in next-generation connected HDTVs and Blu-ray Disc (BD) players.

MPEG IC Revenue to Reach $4.5 billion by 2014

In-Stat announced that the value of MPEG IC revenue will grow to $4.5 billion by 2014. According to the statement, video decoding chips are becoming video decoding systems and standalone video encoding chips have given way to highly programmable system-on-chip (SoC) devices, which are now expanding to include the radio and communication components around them.

STMicroelectronics Unveils Digital TV SoC

STMicroelectronics announced a new TV System-on-Chip (SoC) IC offering 3D TV support and 120Hz MEMC (motion estimation, motion compensation). According to the statement, designed for next–generation 1080p full-high-definition (FHD) integrated Digital TVs (iDTVs), ST’s new FLI7525 SoC enables a new class of mid-range, 3D TV-enabled, 120Hz Internet TVs.