San Jose, Calif. - Philips Semiconductors claims to be among the first to market with a 9-bit PCI video/stereo decoder for PC-based video capture systems.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, May 08, 2014 -- A new decoder IP core for the 12-bit Extended JPEG image format is now available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. One of the few such ...

Chips&Media's HEVC 4:2:0 10-Bit Decoder IP Licensed to Chipmaker April 11, 2014 -- Chips&Media Inc. a leading provider of video IP core, announced today that they has signed a licensing agreement with ...

NORWOOD, MASS. — Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) said its Melody MPEG decoder is the first 32-bit unit for MPEG Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), the latest ISO standard audio coding format. The Melody MPEG ...

Now a few companies manufacture 18-bit digital-to-analog (D/A) chips, which are more expensive than standard 16-bit D/A chips. Why use an 18-bit decoder when the disc uses only 16 bits?