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Is the sky really falling? Chips for the TV market

Posted by Henry Choy on February 21st 2008 | Permalink
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ST Microelectronics just completed the Genesis Microchip acquisition, Trident’s stock has dropped like a rock, and Pixelworks still can’t get itself sold.  Who could have predicted all this three years ago?  Actually, we did. Jon Peddie Research published the ATV Report in 2005 and it addressed the difficulty of a video processor company being successful in the new integrated digital processor market.  So, I guess the question now is, what have you done lately? What does the future hold?  It’s not as bad as many people may think.  Most people seem to think that: 1. Integration is only game in town.…