Multimedia home gateway shipments set to surge a hundredfold by 2015, says IHS

Mar 12, 14:42

Global shipments of multimedia home gateways (MHGs) are expected to rise by a factor of more than 100 from 2011 to 2015 as pay-TV operators seek to unify the delivery of different...

China market: More multimedia player makers become smartphone vendors

Nov 26, 15:50

China-based multimedia player makers including Meizu, OPPO Digital and BBK have entered the Android smartphone market in China, targeting the mid-range to high-end segment, according...

Tontek to post over 30% sales growth in 2Q12

May 25, 14:03

Tontek Design Technology, a Taiwan-based IC design house specializing in micro-controller units (MCUs) and multimedia ICs, expects to post sales growth of more than 30% sequentially...

VIA, SiS achieve results from non-PC industry

Jan 12, 01:05

Taiwan-base chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), although already phasing out of the PC chipset market, have both entered different markets and achieved...

SiS to phase out its PC chipset business

Aug 2, 01:10

Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...

Imagination provides update on new graphics and multimedia IP cores

Jun 8, 16:43

UK-based Imagination Technologies, which licenses its IP (intellectual property) related to graphics processors, has updated several developments about its solutions for an ever broadening...

MSI to launch 2 new tablet PCs at Computex 2011

May 12, 01:30

Micro-Star International (MSI) is set to announce two new tablet PCs – the WindPad 100A, adopting Google Android 3.0 and Nvidia Tegra 2, and WindPad 110W, adopting AMD's Brazos...

Taiwan pre-recorded disc makers facing risk of weakening gross margin

May 5, 01:30

Taiwan-based pre-recorded DVD makers in 2011 are facing strong pressure from increasing raw material costs, with related end sales significantly impacted by online multimedia sharing...

Taiwan market: Blu-ray disc player sales expected to surpass 100,000 units in 2011

Apr 14, 01:40

Blu-ray disc player sales in Taiwan may surpass 100,000 units in 2011 as players such as Toshiba, Sony, LG, Panasonic and Sharp all launched models with prices less than US$100 in...

Ubicom and Ralink announce connected multimedia reference designs for emerging CE products

Jan 6, 12:11

Ubicom, a leading networked CPU provider, and wired and wireless solution provider Ralink Technology have jointly announced general availability of turnkey reference designs for several...

AOpen lands digital signage orders from China hotel chain

Jan 4, 01:30

Taiwan-based digital signage maker AOpen has cut into the China-based hotel chain Motel168 and has also landed orders from several China's coastal cities' subway system, according...

Taiwan market: TWM to launch converged digital multimedia services

Dec 28, 02:10

Taiwan Mobile, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will launch converged digital multimedia services through integrating four screens, namely, TV, handset,...

MSI announces new 17-inch multimedia notebooks

Oct 15, 16:46

Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the new 17.3-inch FX700 and FR700 notebooks featuring Intel's Core i5 processor and MSI's exclusive TDE Turbo technology.

ITE reportedly grabs touch-IC orders from Wintek, TPK

Sep 16, 02:20

Rumors have circulated that Integrated Technology Express (ITE) has obtained orders for touch ICs from Wintek and TPK Touch Solutions. In addition, the Taiwan-based IC design house...

CyberLink to launch mobile multimedia editing applications

May 5, 14:06

CyberLink will launch multimedia editing application programs for iPhone OS and Android devices as early as June 2010, according to company CEO Alice Chang.

Lite-On cuts into home entertainment and security business

Apr 22, 14:22

Lite-On Technology is pushing its Smart Life plans for the home entertainment and security businesses. The plans include two major segments: home surveillance and multimedia control,...

Sunplus adopts SpringSoft Certitude for multimedia IC verification

Newswatch - Apr 13, 14:50

SpringSoft has announced that Sunplus Technology has adopted its Certitude Functional Qualification System, which enables the consumer IC design house to improve the effectiveness...

China residential gateway shipments surge on multimedia services, says iSuppli

Jan 8, 16:47

Shipments of residential gateways (RGs) in China are set to more than triple from 2009 to 2013 as the nation's telecommunications carriers look to these platforms to enable the delivery...

Richtek files patent infringement complaint in US against AMD and graphics card makers

Stockwatch - Dec 31, 11:40

Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against uPI Semiconductor, AMD,...

More multimedia software providers eying Taiwan market

Dec 25, 16:12

Multimedia software and middleware providers, including Axel Technologies, ArcSoft and Cidana, have strengthened their deployments in Taiwan due to Taiwan makers' strong capability...

Taiwan-based Magic Pixel licenses MIPS processor IP for multimedia applications

Dec 24, 14:39

MIPS Technologies has announced that Magic Pixel (MPX), a Taiwan-based multimedia SoC supplier and a spin-off of Macronix International Company (MXIC), has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc...

Taiwan market: Vmax, FET and Vee Telecom to start WiMAX services by year-end 2009

Oct 27, 16:11

Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vmax Telecom, Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Vee Telecom Multimedia will begin commercial operations of their WiMAX services by the end of 2009,...

Sonix developing 32-bit multimedia MCU

Oct 26, 16:44

Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology has recently licensed ARM's IP for 32-bit microcontroller units (MCU), and expects to roll out new ARM-based products in the second half...

Flash controller maker Skymedi to slash capital, spin off non-core business

Aug 26, 15:06

Taiwan-based Skymedi has announced plans to downsize its capital by 40%, and spin off its multimedia processor division to form a wholly-owned subsidiary in order to strengthen its...

PC vendors set to compete in tablet PC market

Aug 7, 10:26

PC vendors include Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Micro-Star International (MSI) are all preparing to launch new tablet PCs as Apple is expected to release a 9.7-inch...

Inventec Multimedia begins to ship notebook camera modules to Toshiba

Jun 19, 16:36

Inventec Multimedia & Telecom, a member of the Inventec group, has started shipping camera modules for notebooks to Toshiba and the company expects its products to also receive...

Taiwan smartphone makers may switch focus to high-end multimedia handsets

Jun 12, 11:45

Some Taiwan-based smartphone makers are planning to focus more on the development of high-end multimedia handsets, instead of concentrating on Windows Mobile- or Android-based smartphones,...

SiRF introduces SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor

Jun 10, 17:01

SiRF Technology has introduced the SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor targeting an emerging class of location-centric devices.

ITE introduces mobile DVB-T SoC

Jun 8, 16:31

Taiwan IC designer Integrated Technology Express (ITE) has announced a DVB-T single chip SoC, the AT9058M, enabling a low-power, and small-footprint solution for DVB-T feature phone,...

Computex 2009: CyberLink collaborates with Intel to enhance video experience on PCs

Jun 5, 15:25

Software provider CyberLink has announced the wide adoption of Intel Core i7 technology to CyberLink's multimedia applications to enhance the video experience on the PC.

Computex promises to deliver on the mobile front

Jun 3, 12:30

While Intel appears to be stepping away from the netbook market for the moment, ARM-based competitors are stepping in.

ARC and Realtek sign agreement to extend reach of ARC Sonic Focus audio technology into PCs and notebooks

May 27, 14:50

ARC International and Realtek Semiconductor have agreed to bundle the ARC Sonic Focus suite of audio enrichment software with Realtek codecs shipped to its OEM and ODM customers globally...