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Konka and STMicroelectronics Co-Develop New LCD Integrated Digital TVs

ST's STD2000 integrated decoder and video processor is at the heart of new iDTV sets from leading Chinese TV manufacturer, using the worldwide-standard DTV100 platform GENEVA and BEIJING, Sept. 5-- STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and China's Konka Group Co. Ltd. -- one of the world's leading TV manufacturers -- today announced that Konka will go into mass production of its LCD integrated digital TV...

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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

Memory Solution features space-saving stacked design.

Designed for mobile phone applications, Package-on-Package (PoP) memory solution is available in 12 x 12 mm (128 balls) and 14 x 14 mm (152 balls) sizes, with 0.65 mm ball pitch. Bottom PoP package features array of metallic balls on underside and array of footprints (lands) on top surface to receive mating Top BGA package. Technique allows devices to be assembled in vertical stacks consisting of...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

Singapore's Six-Month HDTV Trial Relies on STMicroelectronics' STi710x Family of H.264/AVC Decoder Chips in Cable and Terrestrial Set-Top Boxes

StarHub and MediaCorp choose STi710x-family-based set-top boxes to deliver high-definition TV Geneva, August 8, 2006 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the world's largest supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes*, today revealed that a majority of the set-top boxes (STBs) being used in six-month terrestrial and cable TV trials of HDTV (High-Definition TV) services in Singapore - which started...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Kenwood, Fraunhofer IIS, and STMicroelectronics Demonstrate Prototype of a Digital Radio Mondiale(TM) Receiver

Fully working prototype of a DRM(TM) receiver to be featured at the Kenwood and Fraunhofer booth, September 1-6, at IFA 2006, in Berlin Geneva, September 1, 2006 - At the IFA Consumer Electronics trade fair in Berlin today, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leader in technologies for digital radio, in cooperation with Kenwood and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (Fraunhofer IIS),...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

STMicroelectronics and China's Dahua Technology Ltd Develop Cable/IP Dual-Mode Set-top Box

Dahua set-top boxes support H.264 HD/SD and MPEG4 P2 SD using ST's industry-first single-chip Cable/IP dual-mode solution Beijing, August 25, 2006 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), the leading supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), and Dahua Technology Ltd, China's largest cable and IPTV dual-mode STB provider, announced today that they have successfully designed and manufactured a...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

HDD Preamplifiers lower power demand in portable devices.

Designed for drives with less than 2.5 in. diameter platters, Near Zero Power (NZP) series model L6440 has total Write-Mode power consumption of 170 mW at 450 Mbps data rate and supports max data rate of 600 Mbps. Hard disk drive (HDD) preamplifiers reduce overall power requirements by remaining in sleep mode even most of the time end-product is operating. Fast Sleep Mode combines 250 Â-µW...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Disk Drive Preamplifiers target portable products.

Intended specifically for drives with less than 2.5 in. diameter platters, Near Zero Power Model L6440 consumes 170 mW and supports max data rate up to 600 Mbps. Combining 250 Â-µW sleep power with 500 ns Sleep-to-Read recovery time, Fast Sleep Mode allows preamplifier to remain in sleep mode most time end product is operating. Four-channel Model L6440 and 2-channel L6420 accommodate both...

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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

NOR Flash Memory Devices target mobile platforms.

Offering Burst Mode and Multiple Bank architectures, AD MUX I/O portfolio includes standalone NOR Flash memories ranging from 16-64 Mbit densities in 1-bit-per-cell technology and 128-256 Mbit densities in 2-bit-per-cell technology. Units allow increase of data bus width with no pin count increase or reduction in pin count without loss of performance. They are available in 8 x 10 mm LFBGA88, 8 x...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Dual-Band WiFi Chip targets mobile platforms.

Capable of operating in 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz frequency bands, Model STLC4420 WLAN Device supports both OFDM and CCK signal modulations. Intelligent power management, which includes IEEE802.11 power-save mode, enables rapid mode switching from deep sleep to high-speed packet transmission. Unit includes ARM9-based MAC, digital baseband, and ZIF transceiver. Measuring 8.5 x 8 x 1.4 mm, Model STLC4550...

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