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Article: STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up To Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), one of the world's leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM [; (NASDAQ:ARMH)], announced that ST has adopted the ARM[R] Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor, in addition to the Mali[R]-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV system-on-chip (SoC) ICs.
The Cortex-A9 MPCore processor provides ST with the scalable high performance required to enable the high-bandwidth broadband and broadcast content being streamed into homes, while significantly improving power efficiency when compared to alternative solutions. The adoption of ARM technology enables ST to build upon the expertise accumulated during its ...