Fresco Microchip

June 2010
Fresco recognized as fastest growing fabless semiconductor company by EETimes
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June 2010
Fresco profiled by Global Semiconductor Association (GSA)
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May 2010
Fresco Microchip featured in Markham Leader

The company was profiled in the Spring issue of the Markham Leader which profiles high-growth success stories in the community.
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April 2010
Fresco Microchip's FM1151 featured by EDN

The FM1151 global receiver targets use in the global hybrid-TV market. The device integrates universal analog audio and video demodulation, including NTSC, PAL, and SECAM, and digital-IF processing for the DVB-T/T2, ATSC, ISDB-T, and DTMB terrestrial-TV market and DVB-C/ITU J.83 cable-TV market.
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March 2010
An Electronic Design Feature from Fresco Microchip Television Tuners: A State of The Union Review
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March 2010
Fresco Microchip added the FM1151, the industry's first single-chip global receiver for hybrid television, to its field-proven FM1100 family.

The FM1151 sets a new benchmark for superior broadcast reception and advanced design flexibility while significantly lowering system solution costs. The company's chipsets are featured in the latest tuner modules designed by several of the world's leading and largest TV tuner manufacturers, including LG Innotek, the world's largest tuner manufacturer; Panasonic Electronic Devices, the world's quality leader for consumer electronics; and NuTune, the largest independent tuner manufacturer. >More

February 2010
Worldwide Analog TV Demodulator Chip Also Delivers Digital IF Processing Without SAW Filters
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January 2010
Fresco Guest Column: "Analog TV still matters: paving the way for hybrid televisions
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December 2009
Single chip TV receiver supports analog, digital
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December 2009
Recently Introduced Analog (and related) Products
Featuring Fresco's FM1151
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December 2009
Single-chip TV receiver supports analog, digital
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October 2009
Fresco Microchip Grabs $10M More In Series B Funding

October 2009
With $10M Funding, Fresco Proves There’s Still Some Money for Chips

Fresco Microchip, a Markham, Ontario-based chipmaker that builds semiconductors destined for televisions, has raised $10 million from Celtic House Venture Partners and Ventures West.
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October 2009
Fresco Microchip receives $10 million funding

Fresco Microchip Inc. has closed a financing round totaling $10 million. The funding was by Ottawa, Canada-based Celtic House Venture Partners and Ventures West. Fresco is a developer of RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing chips. Their demodulators and IF processors are used by manufacturers of television tuner "cans".
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September 2009
Fresco featured in GSA member news

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September 2009
Entropic, Fresco team up to sell silicon into TVs

Fresco Microchip announced their partnership with Entropic Communications to delivery high-performance, low-cost hybrid receiver solutions. The two companies are collaborating to develop high-performance, low-cost silicon-based hybrid receivers for next generation televisions, by combining the superior performance of Fresco’s FM1150 analog demodulator with Entropic’s EN4020 silicon tuner. Together, Fresco and Entropic will deliver a highly integrated solution that offers significant system cost savings and eliminates the traditional tradeoffs associated with discrete tuner and analog demodulator implementations.
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September 2009
Fresco Microchip and Entropic Communications Collaborate to Deliver Significant Cost Savings for Next-Generation Televisions

Fresco Microchip Inc., a developer of leading-edge RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs), today announced their partnership with Entropic Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions...
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September 2009
Fresco Microchip and Entropic Communications Collaborate to Deliver Significant Cost Savings for Next-Generation Televisions

Partnership to Deliver High-Performance, Low-Cost Hybrid Receiver Solutions
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July 2009
Fresco Microchip Profiled by IDC, Leading Industry Analyst Firm

Leading industry analyst firm, IDC, recently completed a Vendor Profile of Fresco Microchip. The Vendor Profile series is a special initiative of IDC's storage hardware, storage software, semiconductor, and compliance infrastructure groups and profiles companies that have unique but compelling positions within these service areas. Fresco Microchip is cited with experitse in RF, mixed signal and digital signal process as a fabless semiconductor company that designs and develops integrated circuits for sign processing in the digital TV tuner market. The profile analyzes Fresco in terms of financial performance, product strategy, opportunities and challenges. Report available directly from IDC (SVP.41: Fresco Microchip – Supporting Legacy and Hybrid TV)
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April 2009
A/V Demodulator Delivers Enhanced Picture Quality

Fresco Microchip Inc. has developed an audio/video demodulator that provides universal support for NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog broadcast standards for cable and terrestrial broadcast TV reception.
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April 2009
A/V Demodulator Sharpens TV Reception With Fewer Parts

Fresco Microchip Inc. has developed for cable and terrestrial broadcast television reception an audio/video demodulator that provides universal support for NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog broadcast standards.
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April 2009
Wireless-Enabled Systems Challenge Analog/Mixed-Signal Flows

With analog/RF design content rising, designers who have lived in the digital domain must learn to cope. Fortunately, design flows are evolving to make the integration easier.
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April 2009
Chip Supports Analog Broadcasting Standards

Suited for cable and terrestrial broadcast television reception, the FM1050 audio/video demodulator accepts a standard 36-MHz intermediate frequency (IF) signal from a silicon tuner or traditional MOPLL-based CAN tuner and demodulates standard (NTSC/PAL/ SECAM) and nonstandard worldwide audio/video analog formats.
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April 2009
Fresco Microchip Delivers Cost Savings for CE Manufacturers With Launch of FM1050

Fresco Microchip Inc., a developer of RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs), has announced the latest addition to its line of breakthrough solutions with the introduction of the FM1050, a worldwide legacy audio/video demodulator for cable and terrestrial broadcast television reception. The FM1050 provides optimum flexibility with universal support for NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog broadcast standards.
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CES 2009 Video Coverage

John Tryhub, VP Product Marketing at Fresco Microchip, explains how the FM1150 chip works with traditional can tuners for HDTVs
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January 2009
Chips Boost TV Reception At CES 2009

The FM1100, a family of worldwide legacy audio/video demodulators and multi-standard digital IF processors for television broadcast reception, introduced at CES 2009 by Fresco Microchip, Inc., employs the company’s agileSP that includes four reception-enhancing technologies: WAVe, iSAW, perfectTUNE, and smartTUNE. The devices enable convergence of hybrid terrestrial and cable television broadcast reception globally.
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January 2009
Obama backs extending digital TV cutoff date
by Kim Dixon

President-elect Barack Obama backs a move to delay a mandatory switch to digital television signals on fears viewers are unprepared and as the government has run out of coupons to help pay for converter boxes. Mike Gittings, vice president of sales and marketing for fabless TV chip vendor Fresco Microchip, said his company and others in the electronics industry have been skeptical about the changeover date since it was first legislated by Congress in 2006. Gittings said opinions were mixed about whether the transition would move forward as scheduled. "Many people thought the transition would happen, but many thought that there would be problems," Gittings said.
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October 2008
TV anyway you want it - Fresco Microchip covered in Jon Peddie's Tech Watch (October 14) Available by subscription only.
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September 2008
Fully integrated legacy demodulator/digital IF processor reduces component count
by Gina Roos

Fresco Microchip Inc. has introduced its FM1100 family of worldwide legacy audio/video demodulator and multi-standard digital IF processor solutions for television broadcast reception. The low-power FM1100 devices enable the convergence of hybrid terrestrial and cable television broadcast reception globally. The first member of the product family is the FM1150, which is encapsulated in a 40-pin. 5 x 5-mm QFN package. The FM1100 family leverages Fresco Microchip's agileSP architecture that includes four key technologies — WAVe, iSAW, perfectTUNE, and smartTUNE, which enhance consumer TV viewing experience across a broad spectrum of platforms, and enable manufacturers to deliver better quality products with a reduced manufacturing cost, according to the company.
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August 2008
First fully integrated Worldwide Legacy Demodulator & Digital IF Processor
by Gregory Quirk

The Fresco Microchip FM1150, just announced this morning and the first member of the FM1100 family, offers high performance through its CMOS design to reduce interference, system component reduction with the elimination of saw filters and passive and active components, ultra-small foot print for thin designs, and lowers power by about 50% compared to some other solutions for digital TV applications throughout the world.

September 2008
FRESCO SELECTS BERKELEY DESIGN AUTOMATION FOR VERIFICATION OF ICS
by Anuradha Shukla

Fresco Microchip, a developer of digital/analog broadcast TV receivers, has adopted Berkeley Design Automation’s Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator and Noise Analysis Option device noise analyzer for verification of their nanometer-scale ICs.
Fresco takes pride in their ability to deliver high performance, superior quality products to their customers whom are addressing the growing analog-digital broadcast market, according to Dr. Stephen Jantzi, director of Analog/RF Design at Fresco Microchip.
The low-power, single-chip TV receivers from Fresco Microchip require extensive complex-block characterization, full-circuit performance simulation and transistor-level noise analysis. Dr. Jantzi explained that traditional and accelerated SPICE tools do not have the capacity, performance, and accuracy for their complex circuits.
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August 2008
Fresco Microchip selected as Red Herring Canada Top 50 Finalist
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July 2008
Fresco voted by Fast Company Readers as one of the 'Fast 50' Most Innovative Companies
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June 2008
The Global Analog-Digital Transition Heats Up; Fresco Microchip featured in GSA Forum
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May 2008
Fresco Microchip joins DTG (Digital TV Group) industry association.

April 2008
Fresco Microchip feature in RF DesignLine on the challenges of silicon television-tuner design
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February 2008
Fresco Microchip noted in article on Ottawa-based funding deals.
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January 2008
Fresco Microchip announces Series B round in funding.

January 2008
Fresco Microchip Profiled in Semiconductor Times.
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December 2007
Fresco Microchip has been named one of Canada’s Top 10 Technology Companies. >More

December 2007
Fresco Microchip announces its latest low power single-chip hybrid receiver for terrestrial and cable TV - featured in top tier publications.

November 2007
Fresco Microchip named FSA Start-up to Watch Award Nominee >More

November 2007
Digital TV Labs Launches DVB-T Receiver RF Test Suite for Top 50 Trouble-Spots Across Europe >More

October 2007
Fresco Microchip featured in GSA Spotlight
Fresco Microchip is a member of the GSA, the Global Semiconductor Alliance, a premier organization for the global fabless semiconductor industry. >More

September 2007
Fresco Microchip profiled in Red Herring article on Canada’s venture capital market >More

June 2007
Fresco Microchip profiled in Jon Peddie’s Tech Watch (June 18)
A fresh look at TV decoders – Fresco Microchip, a new startup, struts new stuff at Computex.
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June 2007
Fresco Microchip Appoints Veteran Executive featured on CanadaIT.com >More

June 2007
Fresco Microchip announces world’s first single-chip hybrid receiver for DVB-T markets featured in - HDTV Magazine >More

June 2007
Fresco Microchip announces world’s first single-chip hybrid receiver for DVB-T markets featured in - Dempa Shimbun Daily Profile (Major Japanese Newspaper)