SiPort News

SiPort, which supplies integrated circuits for the IBOC portables Insignia HD and Microsoft Zune HD, is shipping its first HD Radio receiver chip for the automotive aftermarket.

SiPort Inc., the world's leading supplier of integrated circuits to HD Radio's consumer electronic and portable markets, announced today the company's first application in the automotive aftermarket.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec.1, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SiPort Inc., the world's leading supplier of integrated circuits to HD Radio's consumer electronic and portable markets, announced today it has been nominated for the Global Semiconductor Alliance's 2009 Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award.

Three months ago, I wrote that Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr had squandered her right to automatic re-election and deserved a vigorous opponent in next June's election.

San Francisco, Calif. Microsoft has introduced its long-awaited HD Zune. The upgraded device - powered by Nvidia's Tegra processor - is capable of rendering high-quality video and playing HD radio.

Last November, Jing Hua Wu, a test engineer who had been fired by his employer SiPort , walked back into the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., and opened fire with a handgun .

A Mountain View man who is accused of murdering three of his coworkers after he was fired from his job is not likely to receive the death penalty.