CES is now the major annual show covering consumer electronics, hosted in Las Vegas by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). This year's 2008 International CES runs from 7 - 10 January and, with manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer electronics queuing up to showcase new technology, we bring you the latest electronics news from the event.

CES 2008 News

Thursday 10 January 2008

Power saving Philips Eco TV scoops Best in Show award at CES 2008
The power sensitive Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV scoops the Best in Show award, following the announcement of the "Best of CES" Award Winners

Wednesday 9 January 2008

Electronics becoming critical to new car design, says Xilinx
Car manufacturers no longer view electronic systems such as in-car entertainment as add-ons, but as critical elements of vehicle design, says an automotive market specialist at Xilinx.

ST gains from Europe's digital TV market
STMicroelectronics claims to be Europe’s leading supplier of MPEG-2 and H.264 decoder chips for use in integrated digital TV sets (iDTVs)

Innovision pushes Near Field Communications
Innovision, the UK company behind the Topaz tag type format, is using CES 2008 to promote its developments in Near Field Communication (NFC)

Tuesday 8 January 2008

Intel and Freescale power up mobile Internet
Intel couples its low power processors with Freescale Semiconductor's CMOS-based power management technology to address the need for more power efficient mobile Internet devices.

Intel unveils its first 45nm Centrino chips
Intel has used CES 2008 to unveil its first Centrino laptop chips built on 45nm process technology.

Monday 7 January 2008

Mobile projectors come into focus at CES 2008
3M and Himax Technologies announce they are combining proprietary technologies to help commercialise LCOS mobile projectors

AMD puts HD graphics and Blu-ray playback on notebooks
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series is optimised for AMD’s upcoming notebook platform, code-named Puma.

Imagination's video decode core embraces Chinese AVS standard
Imagination's POWERVR VXD380 multi-standard, HD video decode core is now capable of decoding the new AVS Chinese video standard

Samsung debuts 3D ready flat-panel HDTV
Samsung will unveil its new range of plasma HDTVs at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

Friday 4 January 2008

Westinghouse wireless HDTV streams in at CES 2008
Westinghouse is boasting the debut of the world's first fully integrated wireless HDTV at CES 2008. It features Pulse~LINK's CWave UWB Wireless HDMI technology, for lossless wireless streaming of HD content between devices and HDTV displays.

GPS chipsets open up new consumer applications
GPS chipsets are not yet commodity products and technical performance is still the key differentiator, says the chief technical officer of chipset supplier Nemerix.

Motorola delivers advanced multimedia on the go
Motorola is showcasing new mobile TV technology at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 that will enable users to watch live, on-demand and recorded programs at their leisure

Wolfson cancels noise at CES 2008
Wolfson Microelectronics is demonstrating its latest active noise cancellation technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, courtesy of new in-ear headphones from Audio-Technica.

Thursday 3 January 2008

Motorola preps MPEG-4 set-tops for HD programming
Motorola is using CES 2008 to showcase its first MPEG-4 set-top boxes for the cable industry. The DCX series enables on-demand and interactive digital programming for the home, and is aimed at growing consumer demand for HD programming.

Intel points the way toward wireless HD standard
In the run up to CES 2008 in Las Vegas, a group of firms including Intel have announced the completion of a joint wireless specification for high-definition baseband video transmission

Sandisk launches flash drive with online storage back-up
SanDisk is to start selling in the US its first USB flash drive which offers automatic online backup for files as they are copied to the drive.

CES 2008 - The Event

Featuring manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, you can find the full list of exhibitors for 2008 at the online Exhibitor Directory. The official website of the show can be found at www.cesweb.org

Product categories for the show range from 'Accessories' and 'Audio Hardware & Software' to 'Wi-Fi Technology' and 'Wireless/Mobile Communications'. Check out these Electronics Weekly guides to some of the key technologies

* Wireless - www.electronicsweekly.com/wireless
* WiMAX - www.electronicsweekly.com/wimax
* Bluetooth - www.electronicsweekly.com/bluetooth
* Digital TV - www.electronicsweekly.com/digitaltv
* Mobile Linux - www.electronicsweekly.com/linux
* Microprocessors (x86) - www.electronicsweekly.com/x86micros
* Microprocessors (non x86 - ARM, MIPS, TI) - www.electronicsweekly.com/nonx86micros