Intel Invests on Mobile TV Chip Company

DiBcom, a small French startup, will ally with Intel to add mobile TV to Intel’s Centrino and Xscale platforms. As part of the deal, the startup has raised $30 million in its fourth round of funding, including investment from Intel Capital, UMC, Partech, 3i and WI Harper.
DiBcom comes armed with the industry’s most thoroughly tested mobile digital TV chips, capable of 24-Mbit/second error-free digital reception at 150 miles per hour. Intel gives DiBcom a needed financial boost so the startup can joust with a host of giant chip vendors seeking to integrate mobile digital TV into cell phones. DiBcom’s competitors in the increasingly torrid DVB-H (digital video broadcast-handheld) chip market include Texas Instruments, Freescale, Philips Semiconductors, Samsung and STMicroelectronics.

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