MediaTek and Sunplus to offer Blu-ray Disc chipsets next year
by Darren Murph 
posted Dec 23rd 2008 at 12:24AM
While the average consumer won't care an awful lot about what goes into a Blu-ray Disc chipset, here's something anyone working hard for every dollar they earn can appreciate: more competition. Word on the street has it that both MediaTek and Sunplus Technology, two Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses, are fixing to certify their own Blu-ray Disc chipsets and to ship 'em as early as Q2 2009. The two outfits are expected to compete with Samsung and Broadcom, though there's no word yet on potential customers for their wares.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
EEL @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:48AM
Perfect for the rumor that won't die: the Xbox360 Blu-ray add-on.
DrXym @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:53AM
The 360 barely needs a chipset. It decoded the HD DVD audio / video in software so it would be able to do the same for BD seeing as the codecs are virtually the same.
shawnmos @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:28AM
"The two outfits are expected to compete with Samsung and Broadcom"
I think you mean Sigma and Broadcom.
dj496 @ Dec 24th 2008 4:21AM
Nice. I like MediaTek chipsets.