Harmonic chose Altera's (NASDAQ: ALTR) Stratix III field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for its next-generation high-definition (HD) H.264 1080p video broadcast encoder. Delivering the right combination of performance, programmability, flexibility and low-power consumption, the Stratix III devices help Harmonic improve video quality while consuming significantly less bandwidth.

Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) introduced a new highly integrated modulator for broadband satellite communications applications such as very small aperture terminals (VSATs). ADI's new ADRF6750 modulator offers the highest level of integration and functionality by combining four devices into one small footprint.

Avago Technologies announced its second series of hermetically sealed 3.3V high-gain optocouplers for use in aerospace, industrial and military applications. Avago's ACPL-570xL/573xL/177xL series operate at temperatures ranging from -55° to +125°C to meet the harsh requirements of its applications.

Broadcom's (NASDAQ: BRCM) leading Bluetooth combo chip technology and associated software was compliant with the ratified Bluetooth v3.0 + high-speed specification. The new standard significantly expands the capabilities of Bluetooth wireless technology in multimedia smartphones, netbooks and other devices by enabling the transmission of large files via Bluetooth profiles at speeds up to 24Mbps—a 10 times increase in speed over the previous Bluetooth v2.1 + enhanced data rate (EDR) standard.

California Micro Devices (NASDAQ: CAMD) showcased its broad range of protection solutions, including devices for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering at ESC Silicon Valley 2009 in San Jose, California. These solutions are well suited for a wide range of applications such as embedded and industrial computing and consumer electronics.

Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) introduced the CNW2XXX micro-mezzanine modules which use Cavium's PureVu processor family to offer H.264 encode and decode with sub-frame latency supporting resolutions up to 1080p and frame rates up to 60fps. The CNW2XXX modules are targeted at a variety of real-time, video-centric embedded applications such as in broadcast quality cameras, surveillance, tele-medicine, tele-robotics and industrial imaging.

Comtech Advanced Hardware Architectures introduced Windows server support for its AHA363-PCIE GZIP compression board. This server support includes Windows-specific driver support to allow customers to use the AHA363-PCIE board as the compression engine, rather than software GZIP and/or ZLIB. This new driver, when combined with Comtech's compression accelerator board, can compress both static and dynamic content in real time.

Conexant Systems' (NASDAQ: CNXT) CX20562 speakers-on-a-chip (SPoC) audio solution won EDN's 19th annual Innovation Award in the application-specific standard product (ASSP) category. The CX20562 integrates key speaker technology and processing functionality into a single device, and is targeted at products that support HD audio and voice applications.

cPacket Networks and ntop.org forged a development and marketing partnership called the NTOP NG Initiative. The goal of the Initiative is to marry ntop.org's widely used open source network flow monitoring software nTop and nProbe with cPacket's pervasive network intelligence chips to produce accurate flow monitoring at data rates from 10Gb/s to 100Gb/s and beyond.

Santa Clara County completed a major retrofit of County buildings to save energy by installing Cypress Envirosystems' (subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY)) wireless pneumatic thermostat (WPT) system.

Elonics increased its sales channels to serve a growing customer base with the appointment of two representative and distributor agencies: Taiwan Elonics is now represented by Vitec Taiwan and Korea Elonics partnered with Eastel.

Enpirion released its new 1500 mA synchronous buck direct current – direct current (DC-DC) converter with an integrated inductor. The EP53F8QI offers designers the ultimate combination of features: small footprint, high efficiency and a competitive price point.

Cox Communications adopted Entropic Communications' (NASDAQ: ENTR) Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) technology for high-performance delivery of HD video and other multimedia content into the connected home. Cox Communications plans to deploy the new MoCA-certified set-top boxes (STBs) with Entropic's award-winning c.LINK MoCA chipsets embedded to deliver multi-room digital video recording (DVR) to its subscriber base later this year.

Fresco Microchip's FM2050 single-chip demodulator was selected by NuTune, a joint venture of NXP Semiconductors and Thomson, for its latest hybrid Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) network interface module (NIM) tuner. The NIM simplifies the design process; reduces the size of DVD-Rs, televisions and personal video recorders (PVRs); and shortens time-to-market for consumer electronics manufacturers while providing the best possible analog and digital reception. The highly integrated FM2050 enables flexibility and significant system cost reduction across the broad television market.

GCT Semiconductor leveraged a range of MIPS Technologies' advanced analog front ends (AFEs) to support highly integrated single-chip and chipset solutions for mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Gennum (TSX: GND) announced the world's first 3Gb/s serial digital interface (SDI) video optical receiver modules that enable zero penalty pathological performance. Both the dual- and single-channel receivers enable video broadcast equipment manufacturers to offer superior link robustness on their video broadcast products, such as cameras, routers and monitors, capable of transporting 3Gb/s SDI video across optical links.

Global Unichip (TSEC: 3443) and Giga Solution announced that the jointly developed test service solution for radio frequency (RF) system-in-package (SiP) of mobile TV tuners successfully achieved mass production. The solution improves final product yield and substantially reduces the SiP's manufacturing cost.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Toshiba showcased the HD ON-AIR MAX™ playout server at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collaboration between IBM and Toshiba will allow broadcasters to network and streamline new workflows efficiently and reliably. The new solution is a cost-efficient HD Flash memory playout system using industry-standard protocols for file-base ingesting, managing and delivering of media assets.

Ikanos Communications (NASDAQ: IKAN) purchased Conexant's broadband access product line. The combined organization will have the expertise and resources required to satisfy the demand for powerful broadband network products around the world.

Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) will supply its XMM 2130™ EDGE platform to Nokia, enabling the mobile device manufacturer to bring a new breed of Internet-capable devices to the market.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and General Electric partnered to market and develop home-based health technologies that will help seniors live independently and allow patients with chronic conditions to manage their care from the comfort of their own home or wherever they choose.

L-3 Communications Infrared Products extended its product line with the new Thermal-Eye^® X-150. Offering the same ease-of-use and durability of its X-100 predecessor, the new lightweight Thermal-Eye^® X-150 has a longer operating life of six hours and can detect activity from more than 1,000 feet away in total darkness.

LSI's (NYSE: LSI) facility in Wichita, Kansas received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 and Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001 certifications. The certifications underscore the company's commitment to a safe and healthy workplace, and to the preservation of the environment through the delivery of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly products.

Luminary Micro released its new Stellaris DK-LM3S9B96 development kit platform in support of the 10 new Stellaris family members launched earlier this month. The new development kit provides users access to all the features of the new Stellaris microcontrollers, including new combinations of connectivity, data efficiency and advanced motion control.

VBrick selected Marvell Semiconductor's (NASDAQ: MRVL) 88DE2710 video format converter with Qdeo technology to power its 7000 HD series of networked video appliances. Utilizing Qdeo technology, the VBrick 7000 HD series is intended to allow organizations to deliver video in a wide range of quality, from 3Gb/s SDI to HD over any network infrastructure.

MediaTek's (TSEC: 2454) first Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) single chip, the MT6253, was adopted in mobile phones on the GSM/GPRS network. By integrating all essential electronic components, including an antenna digital baseband (DBB), analog baseband (ABB), power management unit and RF transceiver, onto a single chip, the MT6253 can further reduce the materials costs of a complete mobile phone.

Micronas (SWX: MASN) introduced the new Hall sensor family, HAL 1xy, which is specifically intended for use in home appliances and industrial applications and based on its predecessors, which are already successful in the automotive market.

Nordic Semiconductor (NOD: OSL) previewed μBlue, its upcoming Bluetooth low-energy solution range. μBlue will bring Bluetooth wireless connectivity to portable devices running on small but standard coin cell batteries and support battery lifetimes from months to years depending on the application.

Pixim's Partner Program achieved strong success in its first year. Over 90 companies began taking advantage of the Program, which is designed to ensure that today's video security market is served by best-in-class solutions.

PLX Technology (NASDAQ: PLXT) announced four new high-performance PCI Express (PCIe) switches targeting servers, enterprise storage, control planes and ultra gaming, while featuring the highest PCIe switch lane counts in the industry. PLX continues its strong market lead with over 60 percent PCIe switch market share, and is the only switch supplier with 96 lane and 80 lane options and x16 support, which is critical for designers requiring the highest levels of performance and throughput such as graphics and backplanes.

PMC-Sierra's (NASDAQ: PMCS) SRC 8x6G 6Gb/s serial attached SCSI (SAS) RAID-on-Chip (ROC) and SXP 36x6GSec 6Gb/s SAS expander are shipping across Hewlett-Packard's new line of ProLiant G6 servers. PMC-Sierra's end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset enables HP's ProLiant storage solutions to set a new industry achievement for server performance and scalability.

Powervation won the 2009 Irish Times/Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) Innovation Award.  Powervation was recognized for its innovative technology and capability to build a strong global business.

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) licensed its FLO modulator software to ProTelevision Technologies. The agreement allows ProTV to develop and sell FLO-compliant modulators, providing greater choice in FLO transmitters and test equipment available to the mobile broadcast industry.

QuickLogic (NASDAQ: QUIK) developed new solution platforms tailored for Qualcomm's latest mobile station modem (MSM) MSM7xxxseries and MSM8xxx-series mobile processors, including the recently announced Snapdragon family. The new ArcticLink^® II VX4 family members incorporate the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)-compliant mobile data display interface (MDDI) used by Qualcomm MSMs with the second-generation visual enhancement engine (VEE) proven system block (PSB) and embedded CellularRAM framebuffer PSBs.

A new module for supporting Wi-Fi real-time location systems (RTLS) tags from Redpine Signals offers the first 802.11n single-stream solution for asset tracking. Redpine's Find-iT™ module provides all the control and wireless functionality required to build and deploy tags for advanced two-way communicating RTLS in industrial and enterprise applications.

RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ: RFMD) extended its portfolio of integrated configurable components to include products for the cellular repeater and wireless local area network (WLAN) markets. The new integrated configurable components include the RF2057 RF synthesizer with integrated mixers and the RF2059 RF transverter.

Samsung Electronics America launched the 460UT, 460UTn and 460UTn-UD series, a 46-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) professional display with a super-narrow bezel space measuring a mere 2.4mm (right and bottom) of the screen and 4.3mm (left and top). With such a thin bezel, tiling multiple units of these displays creates only 7.3mm between the live screen areas.

SiGe Semiconductor received the Technology Company of the Year Award from the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) in recognition of its performance in delivering leading-edge RF solutions, outstanding revenue growth of 45 percent year-over-year and delivering sales of CD100 million in 2008.

Silicon Storage Technology's (NASDAQ: SSTI) 26 Series Serial Quad I/O (SQI) family of 4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface Flash memory devices won an Innovation of the Year Award from EDN Magazine. The 26 Series SQI family received the honor in the logic and interface ICs category.

SiliconBlue Technologies released iCEman65, a powerful new evaluation and development kit for low-power designs based on the iCE65 FPGA. The iCE65 ultra low-power FPGAs are the premier programmable logic solution for consumer battery-based applications such as smartphones, portable media players, digital still cameras, netbooks, mobile Internet devices, hand-held point of sale (POS) systems, medical instruments, eBooks/ePaper and Flash camcorders.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) expanded its portfolio of ultra-compact, high-performance microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors with a three-axis accelerometer with absolute analog output. ST's LIS352AX operates with any supply voltage in the range of 2.16V to 3.6V and is extremely stable over temperature and time, making it a perfect fit for motion-sensing applications in space- and cost-constrained battery-operated devices.

Tekmos introduced its new TK80C51FA microcontroller, designed as a replacement for ROMless 8051 series microcontrollers that have been made obsolete by other vendors. Based around the Tekmos 8051 core, the TK80C51FA offers identical timing to the original parts.

Vimicro (NASDAQ: VIMC) launched VC0706, a digital video processing SOC for surveillance cameras. In addition, Vimicro announced its new electronic pan/tilt/zoom (ePTZ) surveillance camera reference design featuring a 5-megapixel CMOS image sensor from Aptina Imaging, a division of Micron Technology.

ViXS Systems' XCode™ 3000 series, the world's most advanced single MPEG4 active voltage conditioner (AVC) transcoder/encoder/decoder IC, is being used in two of Pioneer's new Blu-ray disc recorder products. XCode™ 3108's advanced real-time full HD transcoding, full HD decoding and full HD encoding provides the perfect platform for leading consumer electronics manufacturers to develop advanced Blue-ray disc products with true differentiation.

Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) began shipping its Virtex-6 FPGAs, the programmable foundation for applications requiring low-power operation, high-speed connectivity and high-computational performance. With high-speed serial transceivers, power-saving technology and 40nm architecture, the Virtex-6 family is the foundation upon which Xilinx and selected third-party vendors are developing tools and intellectual property resources for systems developers and designers in a variety of markets. These markets include communications, audio/visual and broadcast, industrial, test and measurement, medical and military.

Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) released the IPS System 2009.1, the newest version of its IPS page description language (PDL) interpreter solution for printers and multifunction peripherals (MFPs), featuring acceleration on Zoran's Quatro^® processors and incorporating numerous other enhancements. The enhancements include improved printing of multiple pages per sheet, support for the latest PDF version and improved performance.