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HDIC Cooperates with SMIC for Successful Debut of High Definition TV Transmission Chips during Beijing Olympic Games
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 0981.HK),
one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, and Shanghai High-
Definition IC Co., Ltd. (HDIC), a leading fabless semiconductor company and
developer of China's terrestrial digital TV transmission standard (GB20600-
2006), recently cooperated on SMIC's 0.13um process to manufacture demodulator
chips based on China's terrestrial digital TV standard. HDIC's high-definition
series of chips, HD2812 and HD2910, were widely used by major TV set-top box
manufacturers during the 2008 Olympic Games. The set-top boxes using HDIC's
chips not only performed well, satisfying viewers with crisp, high-definition
images of Olympic events, but also allowed Chinese audiences in remote regions
to participate in the Olympic experience, through an HDIC program.
The chips, currently in mass production, are products of a cooperative
effort between HDIC and SMIC. HDIC provided the system design and ASIC design
and SMIC contributed IPs and foundry services. The result was a successful
debut at the Olympics, allowing many cities to receive high-definition digital
television broadcasts, and a partnership that is positioned to offer a
complete, tested chip solution for set-top box and digital TV manufacturers
seeking to increase their share of the Chinese market. Presently, a number of
foreign and Chinese brands have incorporated HDIC's chips into their TVs,
including Toshiba, Samsung, LG, SONY, Panasonic, Hisense, Skyworth, and Konka,
among others. XinDalu, Ningbo HongYang, and Jiangsu Galaxy have also launched
high-definition digital TV receiver set-top boxes. Before the Games, HDIC
cooperated closely with China's broadcasting operators to promote and develop
a single-carrier-based technology, a program dubbed the Shenzhou Jia Jia Tong,
so that audiences from more remote locations could watch Olympic competitions
for the first time.
The HD2812 and HD2910 demodulator chips are fully compatible with China's
terrestrial digital TV transmission standard, GB20600-2006, and can be used in
set-top boxes, integrated digital TVs, mobile and portable terrestrial digital
signal receivers, and other fields. The chips are designed for single-carrier
and multi-carrier mobile digital terrestrial reception of high definition,
standard definition and other multimedia-based services, and support both
fixed and high-speed mobile reception under a range of conditions. The HD2812
has complete single-carrier signal channel demodulation functions, integrated
AD and PLL, supports analog intermediate frequency input, effectively reducing
cost. The HD2910 has excellent and comprehensive terrestrial demodulation
function. It supports both fixed and high-speed mobile reception under all
kinds of complicated conditions. It has a powerful ability of carrier recovery,
its equalizer can deal with strong echoes, and it has excellent function of
inhibiting co-channel and adjacent channels interference. At the same time,
the HD2910 also features a high level of integration, with an integrated AD
sampling and PLL, further reducing board-level BOM cost.
Pingjian Xia, vice president of Shanghai HDIC, said, "Thanks to SMIC's
great support, the chips can be successfully applied on China's terrestrial
digital TV transmission. HDIC is the core research and development enterprise
of China's GB20600-2006 high-definition terrestrial digital TV transmission
standard, and made full use of their independent single-carrier modulation
technique to successfully promote high-definition television in the eight
cities of the Olympic Games and the development the "Shenzhou Jia Jia Tong"
business of rural and remote areas. With the support from SMIC, we are fully
committed to radio and television industries to meet China's growing
television audience and cultural life needs."
"We'd like to give our congratulations to HDIC for its successful
application of single-carrier technology in Olympic high-definition
broadcasting and reception," said SMIC Asia-Pacific marketing vice president
John Peng. "The production of HD2812 and HD2910 is the happy result of close
collaboration between HDIC and SMIC, and SMIC is very honored to have the
opportunity to participate in digital TV GB chip projects. We will, as always,
strive to support China's independent innovation and the achievement of
national standards."
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI;
SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the
largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, providing integrated
circuit (IC) manufacturing service at 0.35 micron to 65 nanometer and finer
line technologies. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300-millimeter
wafer fabrication facility (fab) and three 200 mm wafer fabs in its Shanghai
mega-fab, two 300 mm wafer fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a 200 mm wafer fab in
Tianjin, and an in-house assembly and testing facility in Chengdu. SMIC also
has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and
a representative office in Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC manages and operates a
200 mm wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor Manufacturing
Corporation and a 300 mm wafer fab in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please visit
http://www.smics.com .
About HDIC
Shanghai high-definition Limited ("HDIC"), headquartered in Shanghai,
China, is the core research and development enterprises of China's terrestrial
digital TV transmission standard (GB20600-2006) and committed to terrestrial
digital television, high-definition digital TV, and other special IP core, the
core chip and software and hardware product development and sales, domestic
the most important areas of the terrestrial digital, high-definition digital
television in China. HDIC has a strong high-definition technology development
strength and research forces, is the earliest in the digital TV core
technology research and development, the company have been involved in
research and development China's first and second generations high-definition
television system. In more than 10 years of digital television technology
research and development process, HDIC always insist on the idea of
"technology patents, patent standardization, industrialization of the
standard", developed a set of leading international ADTB-T terrestrial digital
television transmission system technology. Base on the ADTB-T technology,
integrated a number of research units and technological achievements, the
Chinese terrestrial digital TV transmission standard formally promulgated in
August 2006 and formally implemented in August 2007. As of August 2008, eight
Olympic Games cities including Beijing, Shanghai and other cities have all
been used HDIC's launch of the single-carrier technology for high-definition
terrestrial digital TV broadcasting business. More information please refer to
the HDIC's website http://www.hdigroup.net .
For more information, please contact:
SMIC Shanghai
Peter Lin
Public Relations
Tel +86-21-5080-2000 x12349
Email Peter_LHH@smics.com
SMIC Shanghai
Angela Miao
Public Relations
Tel +86-21-5080-2000 x10088
Email Angela_Miao@smics.com
SOURCE Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
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