Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics has released a low-cost set-top-box (STB) decoder chip aimed at standard-definition (SD) terrestrial, cable, satellite and Internet Protocol (IP) TV ...

Geneva—STMicroelectronics is offering engineering samples of a single-chip high-definition set-top box decoder that combines both the demodulation and decoding functions on a single device. The ...

Abstract: The primary contribution of this paper is the full description of a new decoder for LDPC codes - the reduced-complexity box-plus (RCBP) decoder. This new decoder is based on the combination ...

If all had gone well, pensioner Onica Lekgetho would be enjoying a perfect television picture; instead she is staring at a blank screen and a government-supplied set-top box (decoder) that is not ...