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NEC Electronics’ Low-Cost, Single-Chip MPEG Decoder Integrated Into DIRECTV’s Entry-Level Set-Top Box Platform

NEC announced that their MPEG decoder chip for digital set-top boxes (STBs), the µPD61128, has been integrated into an entry-level STB receiver from DIRECTV. A derivative of the µPD61126 MPEG decoder, ...
Electronic Design

A/V Decoders Invade The Digital Home

Integrating multi-standard stereo and an interface to silicon tuners, the SAA7136 and SAA7137 decoder family aims to deliver high-fidelity stereo and 480p/576p component video capture in wireless ...
Design-Reuse

NEC Electronics Introduces Single-Chip Secure MPEG Decoder for Set Top Boxes

Enhanced Security Features to Prevent Piracy of Pay Television Broadcasts KAWASAKI, Japan, SANTA CLARA, Calif., DUESSELDORF, Germany — 07 Jun 2005 -- To address the increasing number of incidences ...
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NEC Electronics Launches Industry's First High-Quality, One Chip Video Decoder

KAWASAKI, Japan, SANTA CLARA, Calif., DUESSELDORF, Germany, September 17, 2004 – NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) and its subsidiaries in Europe and the United States, NEC Electronics (Europe ...
Electronic Design

Toshiba Delivers Second-Gen 3D Comb Filter/Video Decoder

Anticipating the next wave of flat-panel TVs, set-top boxes, DVD recorders, and PC-TV cards, the TC90103AFG integrates a multi-standard three-line comb filter, 3D noise-reduction functions, a digital ...
EDN

Conexant’s HDTV STB decoder achieves Dolby Digital Plus certification

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.– ConexantSystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT), a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband communications and the digital home, has announced that its CX2417X family of ...