MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, today announced its LCD MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) monitor controller SoC has won the affirmative feedback from world-class brand customer Acer and, ahead of competition, become the first ever MHL CTS 2.0 certified solution going into mass production. MStar’s industry-leading LCD MHL monitor solution creates a much more efficient platform for multi-screen entertainment sharing between portable devices and LCD monitors.

With a surged trend and demand for multi-screen entertainment environment, MHL is an innovative technology to directly connect a handset or a portable electronic device to a LCD monitor. Any video/audio entertainment and information can be easily transmitted from a portable device to a high-definition LCD monitor while the portable device is charged concurrently. Upgraded MHL 2.0, capable of supporting 3D video format, particularly emphasizes on its superior 1080P progressive scan mode for high-definition display and enhanced battery charging flow to 900 mA from 500 mA of MHL 1.0 version. The mass production of this unparalleled solution realizes a more efficient and effective platform for multi-screen communications.

Leveraging its outstanding SoC design capabilities and best-in-class R&D resources, MStar has launched many highly-integrated and cost-efficient solutions in developed markets and emerging markets. The firstly mass-produced MHL 2.0 LCD monitor adopts MStar’s TSUMO887MDT9 chipset, and its built-in frame buffer supports seamless image transmission from a portable device to a LCD monitor. By integrating industry-leading color engine and lowest standby power consumption, this solution helps MStar’s customers offer a full-function LCD monitor platform at the best cost efficiency to the world.

“We are honored to announce that, with a great support and long-term partnership with MStar, our certified MHL 2.0 monitor is the first one going into mass production in the world. The unparalleled platform provides an outstanding quality of video and audio for multi-screen entertainment sharing. Moreover, the seamless connection between a portable electronic device and a LCD monitor can evolve more innovative possibilities for smart digit home multi-screen applications.” said Victor Chien, Assistant Vice President of Digital Display BU of Acer.

“Being a leading worldwide LCD monitor controller IC provider, MStar is dedicated to provide highly-integrated LCD monitor controller solutions with the superior quality and the best cost efficiency,” said Sean Lin, General Manager of Display and Monitor BU of MStar, “On top of that, we are also committed to developing more innovative and revolutionary solutions to support our customers with the most satisfactory and best time-to-market solutions.”

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint with well-established R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

Ubitus Inc., the technology leader of cloud gaming solutions, and MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home platforms, will together showcase smart TV cloud gaming solutions at 2012 IFA, starting from today.

By pre-integrating the industry's most scalable GPU-accelerated Cloud Gaming solution - Ubitus’s GameCloudR - which supports the highest concurrent users with least power consumption, MStar’s Smart TV Controller SoC series will soon be able to enable TV makers to stream native-like quality video games directly over broadband networks without additional hardware investment.

“By deepening the cooperation with Ubitus to integrate its cloud gaming technology into our Smart TV controller SoC, we support our customers with greater capacity of cloud entertainment that turns into stronger competitiveness. It will ultimately lead to the perfect fulfillment of digi-family entertainment for the consumers in the coming future.” said Kevin Kang, VP of Sales and Marketing in MStar.

“We are honored to jointly demonstrate the latest cloud gaming technology to smart TVs at 2012 IFA with MStar,” said Wesley Kuo, CEO of Ubitus Inc. “From Q4 2011, Ubitus had successfully launched multiple cloud gaming services in Japan and Korea. In partnership with MStar, we look forward to offering smart TV cloud gaming services to more users globally.”

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange.

About Ubitus Inc.

Ubitus Inc., the technology leader in deploying Cloud-enabled rich media services, offers innovative cloud computing solutions for device manufacturers, wired/wireless communication service providers, telecommunication operators and digital content developers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, the company now has 150 employees and 4 offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Guangzhou, Seoul and Nanjing.

Leveraging its best-in-class multimedia technologies and applications, MStar has built a solid leading position in “PDA phone” and “smartphone-like feature phone” markets since official launch of its mobile communication solutions in Q3’10. MStar, once again ahead of competition, launched its industry-leading capacitive-type touch panel controller solution by leveraging one-layer ITO technologies to assist its customers with the most cost competitive platform to target the huge market potentials driven by strong demand from upgrade of smartphone-like feature phones and emergence of entry-level smartphones.

End-market consumers are requiring a much better user interface and perfectly seamless interactions with mobile devices as there are more and more innovative applications and fancier multimedia entertainments coming out in the market. However, still more than half of handsets in emerging markets are equipped with poorly-performed resistive-type touch panels due to cost constraints. In order to fulfill the urgent need for continued hardware upgrade and entry-level smartphones, MStar pioneeringly introduced capacitive-type touch panel controller solution based on one-layer ITO with a specific market focus on 2.8” to 5” mainstream handset screens and became the first solution provider successfully launching and starting mass production with good yield for one-layer ITO touch panel controller in Greater China market. MStar’s industry-leading touch panel controller solution not only effectively narrows down cost differences between resistive-type touch panel and capacitive-type one but also assures consistent quality throughout mass production, supported by MStar’s best-in-class technologies and all-round services, while largely shortening overall time-to-market requirements. Its customers can thus always be in the lead launching more cost competitive end-market products running at full capacity and at the same time maintaining consistent production quality.

Such a cost competitive capacitive-type touch panel controller solution has been gaining overwhelming tractions since its launch in the second half of 2011, and already been adopted by many leaders in China and emerging markets to further strengthen their competitiveness and leadership by market share. Moreover, this unparalleled solution has also been recognized by several international leading handset brands with mass production scheduled in Q2 this year for other overseas markets. Driven by increasingly strong demand from continued upgrade of smartphone-like feature phones and urged emergence of entry-level smartphones, this competitive touch panel controller solution is expected to be another powerful driving force for MStar’s overall business.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

ARM today announced that MStar, a leading semiconductor supplier for display and digital home solutions, has licensed the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ and ARM926EJ-S™ processors, in addition to a range of ARM system IP for use in smart-TVs, set-top-boxes (STBs) and smartphones. MStar is already a licensee of the ARM Mali™-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), which is used in mass production for MStar smart-TV system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. By extending its ARM IP portfolio MStar will be able to provide solutions featuring a range of feature-rich ARM technology.

The agreement includes a license for the ARM CoreSight™ Design Kit. CoreSight System IP will allow MStar SoC designers to optimize their high performance SoC designs using ARM debug and trace technology. This decreases development time and mitigates risks associated with smart system design.

"As a leading supplier of application processors, MStar has an in-depth understanding of what the present and future requirements are for key markets, such as smart-TVs and smartphones,“ commented WK Chia, Vice President of Research and Development, MStar. "Our deepening relationship with ARM, through this new license for the Cortex-A9 processor and other advanced IP, will enable us to provide our customers with high-performance, energy-efficient solutions. MStar SoC solutions based on a wide range of ARM processor, GPU and system IP will be available soon and address consumer demand for advanced user experiences."

"As consumers expect their world to be at their fingertips, they demand advanced user experiences from manufacturers of the latest smart-TVs and smartphones," said Simon Segars, executive vice president and general manager, processor and physical IP divisions, ARM. "MStar is able to provide OEMs with the latest SoC solutions to address these markets using our highly successful Cortex processor, Mali GPU and CoreSight system IP. We value the innovation that the deepening relationship between the two companies has encouraged and look forward to continuing to work with MStar.”

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

About ARM

ARM designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company’s broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. Find out more about ARM by following these links:

• ARM website: http://www.arm.com/
• ARM Connected Community®: http://www.arm.com/community/
• ARM Mali Developer Center: www.malideveloper.com
• ARM Blogs: http://blogs.arm.com/
• ARMFlix on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/armflix
• ARM on Twitter:
  • http://twitter.com/ARMMultimedia
  • http://twitter.com/ARMMobile
  • http://twitter.com/ARMCommunity
  • http://twitter.com/ARMEmbedded
  • http://twitter.com/ARMLowPwr
  • http://twitter.com/ARMTools

MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, today officially unveiled the cutting edge smart TV SoC solution with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system embedded for China market, once again ahead of competition after being the pioneered solution provider launching Android TV SoC platform in Q3’11. End market consumers now can enrich their lives with all the most innovative applications and value-added services supported by “Ice Cream Sandwich” via MStar smart TV platforms and explore unlimited possibilities brought by various cross-platform integrations.

This high-end Android 4.0 smart TV SoC solution equipped with the industry-leading 1 GHz dual-core processor not only supports 3D user interface and 1080P high definition but also fully integrates MStar’s proprietary set-top-box technologies for being an industry-first all-in-one TV platform. End users can enjoy all kinds of value-added broadcasting services without buying a separate set-top-box system. Such a powerful Android 4.0 smart TV SoC solution provides the most competitive and comprehensive smart digital platform for its customers to realize more advanced broadcasting services and entertainment applications, and further leads the global consumer electronic industry to achieve a whole new milestone for next-generation smart digital home integration.

This high-end Android 4.0 smart TV SoC platform has been well received by its customers and started mass production. By leveraging MStar’s best-in-class customization capabilities and in-depth market intelligence, its customers will be most well positioned to capture the huge market potentials from China Golden Week in May with a series of flagship models based on the first-launched Android TV SoC.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

Leveraging its cutting-edge STB platform, the first ever advanced security/ CA (Conditional Access) SoC solution that is designed by Taiwan-based IC design house with certification by Nagravision, MStar today announced another project win by partnering with CNS to build up a complete networking for digitalization in Taiwan. The partnership is also expected to be a solid foundation of CNS smart digital home platform and further accelerate the business momentum of MStar STB solutions.

Leveraging its pioneered NFC and RFID technologies along with best-in-class cross-platform capabilities, MStar has successfully assisted its customer in launching an innovative handset application with its NFC solutions embedded in November 2011 to support China UnionPay to promote mobile payment system for building up a more convenient consumption environment. Once again ahead of competition, MStar further integrates the advanced applications of electronic information management supported by RFID technologies to unveil an unparalleled business management solution combining its proprietary mobile communications solutions and NFC applications to help its customers expand the overall addressable market from existing consumer-focused products to enterprise-related management and services.

This industry-leading commercial application has been recognized and adopted by FLY, one of the leading handset brands in Europe with dominant market position in Russian and East European handset space, with an ODM product launching in the British market in February 2012 and further promotions to more third party enterprise partners in North European countries later in the second quarter. With this innovative cross-platform handset application integrating MStar’s mobile communications solutions and advanced RFID technologies, enterprise users can obtain extensive attendance records and real-time information by utilizing the data dispatched through NFC device and back-end Mobile Proof-of-Attendance & Data Capture Solutions system to significantly improve the efficacy and efficiency of human resource and asset management, and FLY, as a result, is able to effectively expand the addressable product market and strengthen its prevailing position in European enterprise markets.

“We believe this commercial-focused smart-phone-like feature phone integrating NFC technologies will play a critical role for enterprises to improve managerial efficiency,” commented Suresh Radhakrishnan, Group CEO at FLY, “moreover, we also expect handset solutions with NFC-related applications integrated will be extensively deployed in various mobile payment consumption markets.”

“We have demonstrated our strong cross-platform capabilities by successfully expanding end product applications of NFC technologies to both consumer and commercial markets. We will continuously commit ourselves to further integration and innovation to assist our customers with more comprehensive NFC-embedded mobile communication solutions to explore more addressable markets of infinite potentials,” said Wayne Liang, Chairman of MStar.

It is expected this innovative mobile communications solution supporting real-time commercial information management services will be a strong driving force of the overall demand for remote control by enterprise users. Building on the relevant technologies and applications, these cross-platform integrations will be further developed to multidimensional solutions for overall enterprise management.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

About FLY

FLY is a European mobile phone company founded in 2003 with offices in countries including Russia, Ukraine, UK, Germany, India, China and Hong Kong. In just a few years, FLY has successfully gained significant market share in Russia, CIS and India. FLY continuously explores new opportunities and is planning to launch soon in various new markets such as MENA and Sub Saharan Africa.

ARM® Mali™-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) already in mass production with MStar

Cambridge, UK – 30 January 2012 – ARM today announced that MStar, a leading semiconductor supplier for display and digital home solutions, has licensed ARM Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technology for use in smart-TV applications. Already highly integrated into existing MStar products and deployed in the latest mainstream consumer electronics devices, the Mali-400 MP GPU strengthens MStar's industry-leading smart-TV solutions. This includes support for high performance applications, such as the latest 3D user interfaces and gaming experiences.

The deepening relationship between MStar and ARM aims to drive technology innovation between the two companies and alignment on future product roadmaps. User experience is a particular focus as Mali GPU technology is able to provide high-resolution, anti-aliased image quality.

"As a pioneer in the digital home applications space, MStar aims to work with the best partners and the cutting edge technologies they provide," commented WK Chia, Vice President of Research and Development, MStar. "Our cooperation with ARM is proving successful, with the Mali-400 GPU in mass production as a key component of the MStar smart-TV system-on-chip (SoC). Seamless support from partners, such as ARM, allows MStar to continue to provide customers with best-in-class solutions and further strengthens our leadership position."

"As consumers demand an improved user experience, one of the challenges will be to provide high quality graphics on all screen sizes," said Pete Hutton, general manager of the media processing division, ARM. "Companies, such as MStar are responding to the needs of consumers and the OEMs that supply devices by introducing innovative SoCs based on ARM Mali GPU technology. ARM is proud to be working with MStar as a partner that is driving innovation in consumer markets, such as smart-TVs."

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com

About ARM

ARM designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company’s broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. Find out more about ARM by following these links:
‧ARM website: http://www.arm.com/
‧ARM Connected Community®: http://www.arm.com/community/
‧ARM Mali Developer Center: www.malideveloper.com
‧ARM Blogs: http://blogs.arm.com/
‧ARMFlix on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/armflix
‧ARM on Twitter:
o http://twitter.com/ARMMultimedia
o http://twitter.com/ARMMobile
o http://twitter.com/ARMCommunity
o http://twitter.com/ARMEmbedded
o http://twitter.com/ARMLowPwr
o http://twitter.com/ARMTools

MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, today announced support for Intel® WiDi on their Smart TV platform. With Intel® WiDi technology, users can stream their favorite movies, videos, photos, documents from their laptop to HDTV wirelessly with a single click.

“To enhance digital home network experience, MStar’s comprehensive TV platforms keep offering more and more convenient way to access the content in a wide variety of portable or personal devices,” said Kevin Kang, VP of Sales and Marketing, MStar. “We are excited and confident that the collaboration with Intel will further enrich our customers’ user experience”

“Intel is working to offer more choices for consumers to enjoy the Intel® WiDi experience. We are excited to work with MStar Semiconductor, a leading display solution provider, to bring innovative new features like Intel® WiDi to HDTVs,” said Adam King, director of notebook product marketing at Intel Corporation.

Intel® Wireless Display – an easy way to wirelessly beam your laptop screen content to your TV. Intel® WiDi streams content from a laptop to an HDTV. No more crowding around the laptop to watch home movies or share online videos with friends. Intel® WiDi also delivers wireless streaming playback of protected content, including Intel Insider, DVD, and Blu-Ray movies on compatible systems. Just look for devices with the Intel® WiDi icon and enjoy!

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs (“ASIC”) with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

About Intel Corporation

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Building on its strengths of best-in-class hardware technologies and industry-leading software development capabilities, MStar has successfully gained an unparalleled premier position in ISDB-T Set Top Box ("STB") retail market in Latin America since officially launching its STB platform in the third quarter 2010. Once again ahead of competition, MStar unveiled the smallest 2-in-1 DVB-T High Definition ("HD") STB SoC solution leveraging LQFP packing technology to assist customers in capturing the significant market potentials from HD STB replacements driven by global digitalization and the 2012 London Olympics.

Most developed countries, including UK, France, Germany, Italy, etc., are scheduled to complete analog switch-off and replace with digital broadcasting by 2012. However, a great number of consumers are still watching analog TV at home and thus requiring a STB to convert signals. In addition, all the games and events of the 2012 London Olympics will be broadcasted via New Media, an innovative cross-platform system consolidating mobile, IPTV, and internet, in high definition format. A HD digital STB is required for consumers to enjoy real-time and high quality multi-media Olympic broadcasting contents. As such, the coming global digitalization and the 2012 London Olympic Game are expected to drive the overall demand of high-end HD STB solutions.

As an industry leader in the global STB market, MStar pioneeringly launched the most cost competitive DVB-T HD STB single chip solution that integrates DVB-T demodulator with H.264 HD decoder in SoC format and leverages 120-pin LQFP packaging technology. This DVB-T HD STB solution is the smallest SoC, with the size of reference design similar to a business card, by using LQFP technology capable of providing the most flexible designs to assist customers in achieving all kinds of product proposition. Moreover, this best-in-class SoC solution is the most comprehensive platform supporting different specifications, various audio/video standards, including MPEG-1/2/4, VC-1, AVS, RMVB, etc., as well as multi-media functionalities and personal video recorder.

Customers are able to effectively shorter time-to-market requirements by using MStar’s most cost-effective and competitive DVB-T HD 2-in-1 STB SoC. This 2-in-1 STB solution has been in mass production and starting shipments worldwide.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

MStar Semiconductor Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, today announced that well known consumer electronic brand Grundig has started to deploy their new line of DVB-T/C/T2/S2 based high definition Hbb-TV powered televisions (HDTVs) on the base of MStar's highly integrated and advanced digital TV (DTV) SOC, DVB-T2 advanced modulation terrestrial receiver SoC, and 3D powered 200 hz MEMC SOC solutions.

Grundig, one of Germany's largest home and professional appliances brand companies, holds significant share in the consumer electronics market (including televisions). Grundig is providing Smart-Inter@ctive-TVs "Fine Arts" and "Vision 8 Sports-TVs" for screen sizes of 32 inches and above with MStar's solution that are ready for HbbTV "Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV".

Thanks to the integrated, intelligent online service, HbbTV, viewers can call upon a multitude of information via the new Grundig TV-Line-up on the programme that is currently running. The easy-to-use navigation enriches the user experience: With television stations that offer HbbTV, an overlay appears on the edge of the screen, which indicates the particular portal. One press of the Red Button on the Grundig remote control is enough to display the particular HbbTV offering of the broadcasting station. Grundig Smart Inter@ctive-TVs can do even more than that. With a multitude of applications such as Facebook, YouTube, Bild.de, auto motor and sport channel or BonGusto further online services are available. Combined with HbbTV, the Grundig Smart-Inter@ctive-TVs make television even more interactive, colorful and entertaining.

Mr. Fatih Oguz, Area Manager of MStar, "With our HbbTV solution we will enrich consumers' user experience on Grundig TVs. Specialized on medium-high class home electronics Grundig will benefit from our advanced technology and our strong services."

"We are looking forward to expanding our TV-business by giving access to new services from entertainment providers with our new Grundig TVs that incorporate the MStar solution. Our strong partnership with MStar - one of the TV SoC market leader – provides long-term support to the company", said Mr. Erkan Duysal, Director of Electronics Arcelik.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, set-top box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

About Grundig Intermedia

Grundig Intermedia GmbH is a worldwide operating company with core skills in the consumer electronics and small domestic appliances sectors. Since 2007, Grundig Intermedia GmbH has become a subsidiary of the publically traded Koc Group. Grundig Intermedia employs about 140 employees in the Marketing, Sales, Product and Quality Management, Design, and Service divisions at the company's headquarters, plus another 1,200 worldwide for Production, R&D and Sales. The group's mother company is Grundig AG, a traditional German brand, known worldwide for its radio and television sets. Today the company has six separate product ranges: TV, Audio, Hifi, Personal Care, Floor Care, and Kitchen Appliances. Its portfolio encompasses everything from MP3 players to 55" 3D LED TVs and also includes hair-styling appliances, vacuum cleaners, and kitchen machinery. In 2010, more than seven million Grundig products were sold in Germany alone. For more information, please visit www.grundig.com.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") and SPiDCOM Technologies ("SPiDCOM"), a leading designer of powerline communication (PLC) solutions, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SPiDCOM's PLC technology.

Being a pioneer of broadband powerline communication technology, SPiDCOM's solutions are HomePlug AV/IEEE 1901 certified. SPiDCOM's products have been deployed in volume worldwide, Ethernet over Coax (EoC) applications in China being its major market. SPiDCOM‘s other markets include multimedia home networking, broadband-over-powerline (BPL) access, smart grid and smart energy applications. MStar will continue supporting existing SPiDCOM products.

Along with the technology acquisition, the SPiDCOM team who has a very large experience in powerline communication systems has joined MStar. SPiDCOM members have been working on this technology since 2002 and have pioneered the deployment of the EOC market.

Powerline communication technology converts the electrical wires into a broadband communication network. Already widely adopted, it enables the consumer to enjoy seamless connected home experience thanks to a reliable and plug-and-play technology capable of high-definition video streaming.

"With the addition of powerline technology to our product portfolio, we are accelerating MStar strategy to deliver complete Digital Home Networking solutions to the market and enabling new opportunities for MStar in the Smart Metering and Smart Grid markets," said Wayne Liang, CEO of MStar, "The multiple synergies between SPiDCOM's Ethernet-over-coax and MStar set-top box products will enable our combined customer base in China to benefits from a very complete and extremely compelling offering with additional features."

"Since 2002, SPiDCOM is at the forefront of the powerline communication industry," said Radomir Jovanovic, President & CEO of SPiDCOM. "Joining MStar, a fabless semiconductor company with an impressive track record of success, will strengthen our position on the marketplace."

Through this acquisition, MStar will be able to address new opportunities in the powerline communication market and provide additional functionality to its digital TV and set-top box products. Building on the acquired IPs and technologies, MStar is best positioned to develop next generation solutions to link Broadcast and Broadband with even more exciting user experience, and deliver a remarkable breakthrough for cross-platform applications ahead of competition.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

About SPiDCOM Technologies

SPiDCOM Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company, specializing in the design of powerline communication (PLC) system on chips (SoC). Thanks to its unique mix of communication technologies, networking and system expertise, SPiDCOM solutions can convert any wire into a broadband communication network. Applications include HomePlug AV/IEEE 1901 Home Networking, EoC (Ethernet over Coax), Access BPL (Broadband over Powerlines), Smart Grid and Smart Energy. SPiDCOM is a spin-off from ELSYS Design (www.elsys-design.com), a services company specializing in hardware.

Interoperable File Systems Brings Expandable, Portable Storage and Multi-Channel Recording for the Next Generation Consumer Entertainment

Helsinki, Finland, Nov 16, 2011 -- Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android, Linux and other platforms, today announced that MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a global leader in Set-Top Box chipsets, has selected Tuxera's interoperable file systems for its advanced System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions. With Tuxera's file system solutions integrated, consumers can attach Windows-formatted portable hard drives and other storages into the next-generation Set-Top Boxes for seamless high-performance recording and playback.

"Portable high-capacity storage has become a must-have supported feature for every connected device," said Walker Chen, General Manager of STB Business Unit at MStar. "Powered by Tuxera market leading file system solutions, MStar is now best positioned to achieve portable, interoperable storage without any sacrifice to usability or reliability. Tuxera also combines interoperability with the highest performance numbers we have seen with any file system before, paving the way for our customers to design previously unforeseen multi-channel PVR deployments."

"We are pleased to partner with MStar to provide full support for unlimited portable storage and the fastest possible recording speeds available." noted Mikko Valimaki, Tuxera CEO. "We will continue our preferred model to integrate Tuxera file systems together with the market leading chipsets to bring more functionality and superior user experience to consumers all over the world."

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, Set-Top Box, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange.

About Tuxera Inc.

Tuxera is a leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera's industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera's customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

MStar Semiconductor Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, today announced their solution was being adopted by Toshiba in their new TL & RL TV series which are currently being released across Europe. Toshiba is a leading company in consumer electronics with an excellent brand reputation.

With MStar’s solution and support, the TL & RL series will enable the user to merge broadcast TV network and broadband contents through HbbTV technology. Additionally the sets also incorporate MStar’s Motion Compensation technology together with "Toshiba Places", a Toshiba designed portal to deliver consumers outstanding user experience on video on demand (VoD) and internet services. Selected sets also incorporate MStar’s DVB-T2 demodulator.

Mr. Kevin Kang, Sales & Marketing VP of MStar stated, "As a TV SoC market leader, It’s our pleasure to be the first HbbTV solution provider in the TV SoC market to work with Toshiba to launch main EU platforms with our strong services and advanced technology. With the belief on contributing to TV industry and our partners, MStar will keep strengthening our technology and services to enhance our customers market position and enrich consumers’ user experience."

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV, or "HbbTV", is a major new pan-European initiative aimed at harmonizing the broadcast and broadband delivery of entertainment to the end consumers through connected TVs and set-top boxes.

Through the adoption of HbbTV, consumers will be able to access new services from entertainment providers such as broadcasters, online providers and CE manufactures – including catch-up TV, VoD, interactive advertising, personalisation, voting, games and social networking as well as programme-related services such as digital text and EPGs.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

About Toshiba

Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances.

Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 490 companies, with 203,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing 6.3 trillion yen (US$77 billion). Visit Toshiba’s website www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.

Toshiba Europe GmbH, headquartered in Neuss, Germany, is a fully owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo.

Building on its strengths of best-in-class multi-function platforms and industry-leading customer supports to offer differentiated and tailored designs and services, MStar has successfully established well-recognized market position in emerging markets, including China, India, Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, since officially launching its mobile platform and handset solutions in third quarter 2010. Once again ahead of competition, MStar further expands its cross-platform capabilities by officially unveiling NFC (Near Field Communication) technologies on October 12, 2011 and announced the partnership with Tianyu. By integrating mobile communications solutions and MStar's advanced RFID technologies, Tianyu will launch a new Android NFC smartphone with MStar's NFC solutions embedded in November 2011 to assist China UnionPay to promote near field mobile payment consumption environment.

Starting from fourth quarter 2011, China UnionPay will extensively roll out handset mobile payment applications in certain targeted cities and provide associated mobile payment services to China UnionPay users. Besides remote payment system, China UnionPay users can also pay by NFC applications via handset. Tianyu's new Android smartphone with MStar's NFC solutions embedded has been certified by China UnionPay and is best positioned to provide consumers with unprecedented user experience. Furthermore, this innovative application not only successfully defines next-generation payment system but also opens up more opportunities and possibilities for consumer markets.

"To support the determination of China UnionPay to promote near field mobile payment applications, Tianyu is launching a high-end Android smartphone with MStar's pioneered NFC technologies embedded to build up a more complete user environment" said Xiuli Rong, Chairwoman of Tianyu.

"MStar has invested in NFC related technologies and applications for several years. With the establishment of NFC standards and partnering with Tianyu for this innovative cross-platform handset solution, MStar successfully implements the concepts of advance technologies in the implantations of daily life, and further provides a more convenient consumption environment and more comprehensive user experience" said Wayne Liang, Chairman of MStar.

This newly-launched application is an important beginning and a key milestone for mobile payment in China. It is also expected to be a strong driving force of the overall demand of mobile payment handsets in China, and to further accelerate the business growth of both Tianyu smartphones and MStar NFC chips.

Leveraging its comprehensive cutting-edge technologies and superior customer-servicing capabilities, MStar achieves another milestone in partnering with Taiwan's leading cable operator, Taiwan Broadband Communication ("TBC"), to launch the next generation secured STB platform in Taiwan. This cutting-edge STB platform is certified by Nagravision, a worldwide leader in delivering secure digital media technologies, and is powered by the first ever SOC solution that is developed by Taiwan based IC design house.

Amsterdam, September, 12th, 2011 - MStar, the leader in the worldwide digital TV market announced the availability of Acetrax Premium service as part of its connected software platform for TV and STBs.

MStar created the "MStar Connected" package by developing a complete turnkey software stack and engaged with content providers to provide a wide portfolio of services on the platform. The platform is available to manufacturers, product developers, operators & retailers.

Acetrax Premium Service is now pre-integrated and available on the MStar connected TV platform.

MStar is already massively deployed in the digital TV market. MStars experience, gained through market deployment and the acquisition of engineering assets provides customers with cost effective hardware, tightly coupled to one of the most comprehensive turnkey software stacks in the industry.

Acetrax is the first movie retailer in Europe to offer blockbuster movies to rent or permanently buy movies directly through their TVs without having a monthly subscription. The movies are stored in a digital online library and played back on up to 4 devices including laptops (PC or Mac). This makes the need for DVDs or downloading, storing and copying large movie files across devices redundant and a thing of the past. A simple license agreement with Acetrax would enable a CE brand to bring to life its video enabled product.

"We're happy to make available this amazing catalog on our solutions for the European market, said Joel Reboul, General Manager of the Mstar Connected TV lab in Europe. Both companies are following similar technical standards and our collaboration is really efficient."

"MStar is the largest chipset vendor for connected TVs and STB. We are delighted to partner with MStar and work with their CE manufacturer partners to bring Acetrax, the No.1 premium VOD TV platform to market on a Pan-European scale" said Leslie Golding, CMO Acetrax.

About MStar semiconductor

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is recognized as the leader in silicon solutions for Digital TV and other high volume consumer products including STB, and Mobile Phone handsets. MStar solutions enable leading TV manufacturers to produce cost effective, market leading products. MStar is Headquartered in Hsinchu Taiwan and has development offices across the world. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

About Acetrax

Acetrax is a multi-territory digital movie retailer, selling through connected TVs and empowering premium brands to offer bespoke premium movie services to their customers. The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It offers consumers digital content to rent or buy for TV, PC and mobile devices from a choice of films, TV series and music concerts. Acetrax has relationships with major Hollywood Studios including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, Sony Pictures and Disney as well as Lionsgate, Momentum, Lucky Red, Diva, Constantin, MK2, M6 and music companies Eagle Rock and Charly Films. In addition to its own movie service, it also provides customer-specific solutions for Samsung under the 'Samsung Movies' brand and telecom and cable providers. More info at www.acetrax.com

Hsinchu, September. 10th, 2011 – MStar Semiconductor the worldwide leader of TV solutions confirms its Operator and PayTV Strategy with the achievement of NDS certification on its 5th generation of STB chipsets showcasing MStar MSD5C43.

"We are focused on providing TV Operators on emerging markets with cutting edge, cost effective, secure solutions for their STB deployment with the best time to market and a great network of ODMs." said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director, MStar." Our partnership with NDS since 2007 helps us in providing compelling secure solutions for STB and TV markets with state of the art NDS IP.

This solution is available now for Mass Production and is suitable for Standard and High Definition Set Top Boxes, for IP, Cable, Terrestrial and Satellite networks.

About MStar

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is recognized as the leader in silicon solutions for Digital TV and other high volume consumer products including STB, and Mobile Phone. MStar solutions enable leading TV manufacturers to quickly produce market leading products. MStar is headquartered in Hsinchu Taiwan with marketing in Europe and has development offices across the world. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (3697.TW). For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact@mstar-europe.com

About NDS

NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 80 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their businesses. VideoGuardR is the world’s market-leading conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technology, currently deployed on 155 million active devices, and safeguarding pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion. NDS middleware, including MediaHighwayR which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 195 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV?, leads the global industry with 41 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 30th June 2011).

Headquartered in the UK, with over 5000 employees, NDS remains committed to investing in R&D with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in China, France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US. NDS has also implemented a host of initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon footprint and helping digital TV subscribers reduce energy consumption.

NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.

Worldwide leader of TV solutions will include CryptoFirewall^TM technology in multimedia video decoding chips

San Francisco, Calif. And IBC 2011, September 6th, 2011— Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) and MStar Semiconductor, Inc., (3697.TW). a global leader in silicon solutions for the consumer and communication markets, today announced that MStar will license CRI's CryptoFirewall^TM security technology for integration into its multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC) set-top box chips. The advanced security core will help MStar's customers provide robust hardware security in their set-top box solutions.

"Integrating strong security is crucial in our effort to provide an all-in-one system-on-a-chip solution for the next generation of set-top boxes," said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director of MStar. "The CryptoFirewall has an impressive track record, and will help our next generation set-top box chips meet requirements for protecting against piracy and other security challenges in the pay TV space."

The CryptoFirewall core is an on-chip, hardware-based security block that protects cryptographic keys and computations from attack. Successfully deployed in over 100 million devices, CryptoFirewall has helped eliminate signal theft in some of the world's highest-threat environments. The CryptoFirewall core can prevent the theft of pay TV broadcast signals, simplify compliance with content owners' anti-piracy requirements, and streamline product development.

"MStar has a proven history of delivering end-to-end semiconductor solutions for pay TV and various other consumer applications such as TV and mobile phones," said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist for Cryptography Research. "We are pleased to be working together with MStar to provide operators and conditional access providers with our hardware-based foundation for solving signal theft."

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (3697.TW). For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com.

About Cryptography Research, Inc.

Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc., is a leader in semiconductor security research and development. Established by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher, CRI develops and licenses innovative technologies in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial services. Over five billion security products are made each year under license from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually. Additional information is available at www.cryptography.com.

For the first time, Game Console quality 3D games are now available built into even Entry Level small screen TV. MStar and Antix have worked together to implement the Antix Game Player on MStar’s latest single chip TV. Antix Game Player ("AGP") is able to utilize fully the high end CPU and 3D graphics engine from the MStar TV chip to bring real game console experience to even entry level TV.

AGP is designed for consumers who want to play casual and premium 2D and 3D games on their televisions and set-top boxes with a visual quality akin to that of a game console. Highly cost effective and not requiring fast broadband, the Antix TV Game Service is viable for consumers across both mature economies and emerging markets.

Antix and MStar Semiconductor, the leading supplier of solutions for connected TV, announced a joint collaboration last year, the objective of which was to enable high quality games from entry-level to high-end televisions and set-top boxes. The results are on display at MStar Semiconductor’s Stand from 9th to 13th September at IBC in Amsterdam (Hall 5 stand C15).

Francis Charig, Antix’s Chief Executive said,"Running the Antix Game Player on the MStar TV SoC opens the door for TV makers to add serious game capability to their TV. This will be particularly interesting in small screen TV used in Teenagers bedroom where the TV is a 1-to-1 experience and games of this quality truly add value to the TV."

Trevor Neal, Vice President of MStar said,"Integrating games on a TV has historically been model-specific which developers have found impractical. The combination of MStar’s very high performance TV solution with Antix’s Game Player platform and service has changed the dynamics, making it economically viable for developers to target TVs in large volume. The performance of the TV is growing so fast that game developers can now consider that they don’t need an expensive proprietary games console to deploy high end games direct to consumers in the home."

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange.

About Antix Labs Ltd. (Antix)

The Antix Game Player ("AGP") is an on-device software client for native games services licensed to multiple tier one device makers. Third party casual, advanced casual and premium games are distributed in a device-independent format similar in concept to MP3 or PDF. This format lets consumers access and share games from any of their connected AGP-powered 'screens', which include mobile phones, TVs, STBs, PMPs, and PCs. In much the same way as they do already with music, photos and videos, consumers can distribute trial games virally across networks and off-line to their friends and family while still protecting the rights and revenues of operators and publishers. In addition to AGP itself, Antix provides the corresponding tools, certification mechanism, optional white-label store, and optional game warehousing necessary to deploy a complete service offering. Antix Labs Ltd., headquartered in Reading, England was founded by Francis Charig, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Hsinchu, Taiwan and San Diego, CA, September 2nd, 2011- MStar, the worldwide leader in Digital TV chip sales is proud to announce that Channel Islands advanced TV Advertising and TV Applications have been integrated onto the MStar 785X system-on-chip (SoC) series.

Channel Islands, a worldwide leader in targeted advertising software development, has collaborated with MStar to launch its Next Generation TV Platform software, which allows premium TV services such as Targeted Advertising, Video On Demand, Enhanced Electronic Program Guides, Widgets, Personal Video Recording, Voting, Chat and other applications to be enjoyed by end users of MStar set top boxes, further enhancing the consumers entertainment experience and operators revenue generation potential.

Advance Advertising features not only include graphic popups and overlays but user profiling and geographic targeting for motion video advertisements. Operators receive audience measurement & response metrics revealing behavioral information to the advertiser.

The joint MStar/Channel Islands solution supports MStar's line of Set Top Box chips for one-way and two-way DVB, ATSC, and ISDB standards for cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV, and Over the Top networks. The solution is also available for older MStar STB chips.

"We are delighted to have the best time to market and cost effective solutions, to our STB customers and TV Operators on emerging markets" said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director, MStar. "This partnership with Channel Islands provides PayTV Operators very good and fast Return On Investment. It consolidates our network of third party software vendors to reach a global coverage with MStar STB solutions ".

This solution is already deployed, and is suitable for Standard and High Definition Set Top Boxes, for IP, Cable, Terrestrial and Satellite networks.

"The new forms of advertising and advanced applications built into the joint Mstar/Channel Islands solution can generate increased revenues for operators, adding to enhanced profitability. Smaller advertisers can participate in highly sophisticated advertising campaigns over geographically targeted broadcast television networks using new and more precise advertising delivery tools and applications." Ross Cooper CEO Channel Islands.

MStar and Channel Islands will be demonstrating these exciting products at the IBC show in Amsterdam 8-13 September 2011.

About MStar Semiconductor

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is recognized as the leader in silicon solutions for Digital TV and other high volume consumer products including STB, and Mobile Phone. MStar solutions enable leading TV manufacturers to quickly produce market leading products. MStar is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan with marketing in Europe and has development offices across the world. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (3697.TW). For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact@mstar-europe.com

About Channel Islands

Founded in 2008 to provide innovative value add solutions to the worldwide television eco-system. Headquartered in San Diego with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Bangkok. Solutions include: Targeted Advertising, Middleware, End-to-End Television Distribution Systems, Residential and Hotel Systems, Digital Signage, Video on Demand, Subscriber Management, Reporting and Analyses, SCAS

SypherMedia International's Sypher Signature Programming Service for enhanced security

Westminster, September 1st, 2011 — SypherMedia International Inc. (SMI) and MStar Semiconductor announced today that SMI will integrate their Sypher Signature^TM Programming Service into MStar Semiconductor's transport chip product line offering custom security programming to MStar customers.

"We are pleased to announce our partnership with MStar Semiconductor. SMI is the world's leader in providing independent custom security programming services to third parties. SMI is excited with our new partnership with MStar, which will extend the options for Customers wishing to use security features enabled by the Sypher Signature Programming Service. Our programming service works hand in hand with the advanced security features of the MStar Semiconductor Transport Chips. SMI can now provide MStar's customers a proven system for securing content and software while reducing the cost of deploying advanced IPTV, Satellite, Cable Pay TV Set Top Boxes, Televisions and other Consumer Electronic Devices", said Dennis Flaharty, President of SMI.

"We provide TV Operators on emerging markets, fast time to market, state of the art technology and cost effective secure solutions for their STB deployment" said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director, MStar. "SMI is the ideal partner for our customers wishing to deploy advanced security with their Pay TV partners."

MStar Semiconductor chips incorporating SMI's Sypher Signature Programming Service are available in Q2 2011. SMI has already signed several agreements with MStar Customers worldwide to provide this unique security service.

About MStar

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is recognized as the leader in silicon solutions for Digital TV and other high volume consumer products including STB, and Mobile Phone. MStar solutions enable leading TV manufacturers to quickly produce market leading products. MStar is headquartered in Hsinchu Taiwan with marketing in Europe and has development offices across the world. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (3697.TW). For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact@mstar-europe.com

About SypherMedia International, Inc.

SypherMedia International, Inc. provides security technologies for anti-tamper and hardware intellectual property protection, secure architecture system designs for Pay TV, and third party BlackBox programming for enabling use of secure silicon in SOCs. SMI is the world's leader in providing independent third party programming of chip secrets in SOCs and hardware intellectual property protection. SMI has an extensive patent portfolio that includes (a) hardware Intellectual Property protection (the SypherMedia Library Circuit Camouflage technology) to protect semiconductor integrated circuits from reverse engineering, circuit extraction, cloning, and unintended third party modification; (b) Sypher Signature Programming Services for independent third party programming of secret keys into SOCs and; (c) SypherShield Technology, which provides multiple layer security technologies for a variety of Content Distribution systems including point-wise security solutions for applications such as digital television, digital media distribution, media storage and retrieval, data distribution, and secure transactions. For additional information, please visit www.smi.tv.

Leveraging industry leading capabilities to assist customers with differentiated and tailored designs and services that deliver best-in-class time-to-market product development cycle and overall cost efficiency, MStar achieved market-share leaderships for both Monitor and TV controller businesses. Building on this success, MStar launched its mobile communications solutions in the third quarter of 2010, and has already been recognized as an emerging market leader by top mobile phone companies in China, India, Bangladesh, South-eastern Asia, Latin America, and Africa. MStar’s mobile communications solutions offer a flexible platform with MStar’s trademark multimedia technologies and features. Combined with tailored and differentiated designs that allow more precise consumer targeting and market propositioning, MStar’s customers can further strengthen their brands and market leaderships.

Aiming to provide more features and unique user experiences to end consumers, in addition to continuing development of innovative hardware and software technologies in-houses, MStar is also aggressively integrating cutting-edge technologies and solutions from other leading technology partners. MStar has announced on July 27, 2011 the forming of a strategic partnership with GAIA Holdings Corporation (the parent company of iaSolution, and formerly known as Aplix Corporation). MStar will integrate iaSolution’s Java Virtual Machine technologies into MStar’s mobile communications platforms and solutions, and provide MStar customers with more flexibility and improved cost efficiency to expand their product offerings. Both companies believe this collaboration will further help strengthen leaderships in their prospective markets.

"MStar is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Through the strategic partnership with iaSolution Inc., we further enhance our superior total-solution services by integrating Java engine functionalities into our all-series mid to high end handset products and provide more innovative solutions with various Java applications to enrich the functionalities, such as stock monitoring, email exchange, internet browser, weibo, and various on-line applications, at the most efficient cost. These features will largely increase customers’ overall competitiveness and leadership positions, help customers acquire the fast-growing potentials of global feature phone market ahead of other competitors, and further achieve a win-win-win situation" said Yibing Deng, Head of Global Handset Business at MStar.

The strategic collaboration between MStar and iaSolution will effectively enable customers to rapidly deliver innovative solutions of the highest performance at the most reasonable cost. Both parties will continue to assist customers introducing and developing innovative and differentiated products with more advanced technologies and features, shorter time-to-market, and overall cost efficiency. This partnership will also help strengthen MStar customers’ competitive advantages, and help accelerate the future growth for MStar, iaSolution, and their customers.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Moreover, MStar is in a best position to provide customers with the most eminent handset solutions to well address local consumers’ needs based on its flexible platforms for full-range research and development and superior customization capabilities for all-function integration, and further help customers strengthen market leadership as well as build up brand value. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

Since launching its mobile platform and handset solutions featuring superior hardware specs that support more powerful multimedia technologies and features, MStar has successfully partnered with leading mobile phone companies in the emerging countries designing and developing top-selling models in their markets. This year, MStar has expanded its customer base, and has assisted these customers launching advanced “PDA Multi-Functional Smart-Phone-Like Feature Phone" models ("PDA Phone"), with more flexible 3D user interfaces, comprehensive multimedia and entertainment applications, dynamic animation features/contents, and ever powerful software applications. MStar solutions provide a customizable platform so its customers can tailor differentiated product and feature offerings to better target their unique market segments.

MStar's mobile solutions include all the functions needed for a high specification phone and have become the best choice in "PDA Phone" market. With such exceptional platforms and customer support, MStar help customers build up strong market presence in high-end product line and fulfill unsatisfied local market demand. Thus MStar's customers can create higher brand value and stronger market position in mainland China as well as other emerging markets, resulting in strengthening their overall business growth momentum.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

Building on its strengths of delivering industry-leading products and solutions with more efficient cost and benefit propositions than competition, MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (“MStar”) continues to innovate and deliver differentiated designs and solutions ahead of its competition.

MStar officially unveiled on July 12, 2011 an industry-first all-in-one TV SoC solution that integrated broadcasting, internet communications, and STB functionalities. Through partnership with Skyworth Group and Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network Intermediary Group, this cross-platform solution provides two-way interactive viewing experiences for consumers, and sets the foundations to enable next -generation Digital Home services and applications.

This all-in-one SoC solution successfully showcased MStar's unparalleled TV technologies and solutions, uniquely combined with STB pay TV security and Mstar best-in-class communications platform. Complying with regional broadcasting standards, MStar's integrated solution is built on a flexible Android platform featuring multi-functional 3D and digital technology supports, and is certified with NDS standard and embedded with conditional-access encryption technologies. MStar further provides its customers with differentiated and tailored designs and services that better help these customers address regional cable operators' unique requirements, and thus enhance these customers' competitive edge.

With MStar's all-in-one versatile solutions, consumers can experience a full range of digital home applications/services across multiple platforms, personalize their user interfaces, and access various value-added entertainment contents and e-commerce services. MStar's customized and differentiated solution provides its customers with more advanced features and better branding and marketing supports, and allows its customers the flexibility to develop and provide next-generation applications and services. With the launch of this new solution, MStar continue to solidify its market leadership in the consumer technology sectors.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

MStar's product lines are enjoying consistent growth across multiple market segments.

For the TV business, the Company crossed the 50% worldwide market share milestone in 2010, and is expanding aggressively to assist customers launching market-leading new technologies and features. MStar is also expanding rapidly in the emerging connected TV market, and taking market share in the STB market. As such, the Company is solidifying its market leadership, and continuing market share gains.

MStar's handset solutions and mobile platforms were officially launched in the third quarter of 2010, and has made strong inroad in engaging first tier customers via flexible platforms with superior features and technologies and industry leading customer support. The Company has already successfully penetrated into China, India, Bangladesh, South-eastern Asian, Latin American and African markets; and has assisted its customers in these emerging countries/regions designing distinguished models that deliver unique functionalities to address local demands and preferences. Through this kind of collaboration, MStar has helped its customers establish strong brands and leadership positions in their respective markets.

MStar's 2G solutions provide ARM9 support with superior processing power than competition, and more comprehensive multimedia features. Combined with the Company's trademark customer support capabilities, MStar has helped Emerging Markets customers establish their leading brands and positions. In Bangladesh, the Company has partnered with the local leader, SMART, in further strengthening its premier brand and market share. In India, after successfully helping Micromax launching one of India's most popular models last year - "Qube", MStar is expanding collaboration with Micromax in designing a broader range of new models. In addition, MStar has expanded its customer base, and established partnerships with other Indian leaders such as Karbonn, Zen, Videocon, IMO, and Venera. Among them, MStar is designing a new K9 model with Karbonn that showcases dual SIM-cards, HD resolution, multimedia audio and video functions, Blue-tooth and other communications supports, and other features addressing unique local preferences. The tailoring for local preference helps generate strong demand and the model is selling at more than 100K units per month within short period after launch.

MStar's mobile phone solutions have helped establish high end multimedia applications as standard features. With a broad range of technologies and support that include 3D graphic user interface, special animation effects, high resolution touch screen support, PDA and smart phone features, and unique entertainment functionalities, MStar can better support its customers designing handset models with unique market propositions and short time-to-market. While newly launched, the handset business is increasingly contributing to MStar's growth and sustaining as a long-term revenue driver.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

MStar Semiconductor Inc. ("MStar") is a world-class leader in Application Specific ICs ("ASIC") with a focus on consumer electronic products and communication applications. Since the inception in 2002, MStar has established a strong brand and leadership position in LCD controller, analog and digital TV, and mobile communication applications by fully leveraging its core expertise of cutting-edge design capabilities, continuous innovation and premier customer-focused services. Headquartered in Taiwan, MStar has a comprehensive global footprint covering over 15 international R&D and customer support centers to provide a full range of total solutions for various consumer electronic applications. MStar went public in 2010 and is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contact Investor Relations at +886 3 552 6006 Ext. 5888 or investorrelations@mstarsemi.com.

Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 20, 2011 - MStar introduces a family of chipsets that enables the dual receivers for both US GPS and Russian GLONASS satellite systems in mobile devices, including cellular handsets, personal navigation devices (PND) and telematics applications. The solutions achieve unprecedented size and cost reduction, as well as very low power consumption that is ideally suited for handheld device applications. In addition to better accuracy and reliability of dual system navigation, the chipsets also combine many novel proprietary features to provide high-sensitivity operation, to mitigate multipath effects in harsh environment and to minimize the impact of RF jamming.

For PND type of product, MStar offers the MSB2320 chipset. The host based architecture of MSB2320 significantly reduces the system BOM, while integrating navigation software on the host CPU. The MSB2320 chipset comprises of a full-featured GPS/GLONASS baseband processor that operates at extremely low signal strength with rapid acquisition and accurate tracking capability. The baseband processor can be controlled by the host CPU through high speed SPI. MSB2320 also includes an embedded microcontroller, which performs timing-critical GPS functions, and as a result, it frees up the host CPU to execute high-level application SW. The MStar PND solution features an innovative power-saving scheme in the host SW that can shut down the core power in the deep power-down mode.

For in-car navigation, telematics and other embedded applications, MStar provides the MSB 2311 chipset - a system-on-a-chip GPS/GLONASS solution that enables development of a fully integrated, low-cost unit to power commercial applications. MSB2311 uses the same core as in MSB2320 and it comprises of an RF receiver, a full-featured GPS/GLONASS baseband processor, an SPI flash memory, and a power management unit. The baseband processor is controlled by highly flexible, adaptive signal-processing and navigation firmware on flash memory optimized for execution on the chip internal microprocessor. An additional SPI interface is provided for external RF IC to support comprehensive GPS/GLONASS functions. The high integration level, needing only a few on-board matching and decoupling components, substantially minimizes the system integration cost.

About MStar

MStar Semiconductor is a global leader in supplying silicon solutions for the consumer and communication product markets, with worldwide leadership position in the LCD monitor controller, analog and digital TV, cellular and mobile communications, STB, and GPS portable devices. Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, MStar is a true global company with R&D, sales and operations activities across worldwide locations. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (3697.TW). For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or send us email to contact_us@mstarsemi.com.

VCAS for DVB offers Digital TV Operators Secure, Cost Effective Set-top Box Options

Hsinchu, Taiwan and San Diego, Mar. 14, 2011 – Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, announced that it has ported its hardened Verimatrix ViewRightR STB for DVB client security onto the MStar 785X system-on-chip (SoC) series. MStar now offers the 785X with advanced cardless security support that enables digital TV operators to deploy cost-effective, high-performance set-top boxes (STBs).

The integrated Verimatrix-MStar solution provides a next-generation approach for DVB conditional access (CA) that not only reduces the cost and maintenance of STBs, but also speeds time to market to reach a broad subscriber base in a digital TV deployment.

"We are focused on helping leading equipment manufacturers quickly develop products that will impact the market. MStar 785X advanced secure STB products are the best choice for quick time-to-market, cost-effective and cutting-edge technology for operators on the market today,” said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director, MStar. "Partnering with Verimatrix to extend our advanced security features provides a very attractive solution for digital TV operators to cost-effectively deploy set-top boxes that do not rely on smart cards.”

"Video convergence is happening on many levels throughout the value chain. SoC vendors are providing more advanced embedded security features to help ‘level the playing field’ for all types of operators in different regions,” said Steve Oetegenn, chief sales and marketing officer, Verimatrix. "We are proud to bring the choice of VCAS cardless security to new digital TV markets with MStar.”

ViewRight STB for DVB is a robust package of portable embedded code that implements the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS?) for DVB security functions within each STB in a digital TV system. ViewRight STB code has been designed to integrate with native hardware support for cryptographic and secure storage functions present in the advanced subsystems available on SoC devices but present a standardized set of uniform revenue security interfaces to STB middleware.

An important capability of the VCAS for DVB solution is enabling operators to mix different STB client device types in the same network to suit the business profile of their subscribers. For example, cost effective cardless DVB broadcast clients can be operated and managed alongside smart card-based STBs (including use of DVB-CI (Common Interface) modules) and advanced hybrid devices targeted at higher ARPU accounts with IP connectivity.

For more information on "The Advantages of Software-Based Content Security in a Multi-Device, Multi-Service Pay-TV World,” download the white paper at www.verimatrix.com/SW

About MStar

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is recognized as the leader in silicon solutions for Digital TV and other high volume consumer products including STB, and Mobile Phone. MStar solutions enable leading TV manufacturers to quickly produce market leading products. MStar is Headquartered in Hsinchu Taiwan with marketing in Europe and has development offices across the world. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (3697.TW). For more information, please visit www.mstarsemi.com or contat@mstar-europe.com

About Verimatrix

Verimatrix specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe. The award-winning and independently audited Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS?) and ViewRightR solutions offer an innovative approach for cable, satellite, terrestrial and IPTV operators to cost-effectively extend their networks and enable new business models. As the recognized leader in software-based security solutions for premier service providers, Verimatrix has pioneered the 3-Dimensional Security approach that offers flexible layers of protection techniques to address evolving business needs and revenue threats. Maintaining close relationships with major studios, broadcasters, industry organizations, and its unmatched partner ecosystem enables Verimatrix to provide a unique perspective on digital TV business issues beyond content security as operators seek to deliver compelling new services. For more information, please visit www.verimatrix.com, our Pay TV Views blog and follow us at @verimatrixinc and LinkedIn to join the conversation.

Wellesley, MA based Thinking Screen Media today announced the availability of its new platform for connected TVs. The platform enables makers of connected TVs and set-top boxes to bring a wealth of Internet based applications and content to the TV screen.

Thinking Screen Media has partnered with MStar Semiconductor, the leader in the worldwide digital TV market. MStar Semiconductor will be demonstrating the solution on their connected TV platforms at the Consumer Electronics Show starting January 6th in Las Vegas.

MStar has created the package to address the Connected TV market and propose the best choice to manufacturers, operators and retailers. MStar provides the best of Broadcast and Broadband, for TV sets and Set Top Boxes, thanks to its team experience and assets already massively deployed in the marke

The Thinking Screen Media platform, called AppChannel, includes several components:
‧ a customizable, transparent UI that displays individual apps
‧ a library app for adding or removing content directly on the TV screen
‧ a web-interface for advanced configuration and authentication
‧ a series of hundreds of apps including both personal and commercial content from dozens of content partners
‧ platform tools to enable partners to bring a customized set of apps to their customers

AppChannel is based on Adobe Flash leveraging Adobe's focus on the digital home but is managed from the cloud so that partners can introduce new apps as well as update existing apps without having to modify any software on the device. The company said it plans to open up the platform for third party developers in 2011 but that today all apps have been developed internally to ensure a consistent, high quality experience for launch.

Hsinchu, Taiwan (Dec 23, 2010) – MStar, the leader on the world wide digital TV market, is proud to announce that VUDU has selected MStar as a premium platform partner on MStar advanced SoC solutions to enable customers to instantly stream the industry leading VUDU streaming movie service to connected HDTVs from a broad range of manufacturers.

MStar has created the Mstar Connected package of best-in-class broadcast and broadband solutions for connected HDTV manufacturers, operators and retailers. MStar Connected is a real end-to-end connected HDTV offering that accelerates time-to-market and reduces cost with technologies that include:
‧ An extensive catalog of chipset suites
‧ A wide portfolio of software
‧ A rapidly growing library of content, apps & widgets

“VUDU is dedicated to being available on every connected device in the living room, and this partnership ensures the manufacturers that choose MStar Connected solutions can quickly and easily deliver the VUDU streaming movie service to their customers,” said Edward Lichty, General Manager at VUDU.

The VUDU Streaming Movie Service provides customers with access to the world’s largest catalog of more than 4,000 on-demand HD movies, and features movies in VUDU’s HDX format, the only streaming video format with 1080p HD video and Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound available to consumers today. Movies are available to rent or own without monthly fees or a subscription. The service offers the newest Hollywood releases the same day they are available on DVD and months before they are available on subscription services.

“VUDU streams the highest quality cinematic experience for movie lovers to enjoy on connected HDTVs in the comfort of their living room,” said Joel Reboul, in charge of Connected TV for MStar Semiconductor. “We’re proud to work with VUDU to enhance our product offering and make it faster, easier and less expensive for our manufacturing partners to include the VUDU streaming movie experience on their connected devices.”

MStar Connected is pre-certified, and ready to provide turnkey service for end-to-end Connected TV solutions that allow our customers to accelerate time-to-market and reduces costs for our customers.

About MStar
MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is recognized as the leader in silicon solutions for Digital TV and other high volume consumer products including STB, and Mobile Phone. MStar solutions enable leading TV manufacturers to quickly produce market leading products. MStar is Headquartered in Hsinchu Taiwan and has development offices across the world. MStar Semiconductor is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. www.mstarsemi.com

About VUDU
A leader in digital entertainment, VUDU offers the world’s largest selection of HD movies, including thousands of blockbusters, Hollywood classics, and indies available in stunning HDX 1080p with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound. Movies are available the same day they are released on DVD or Blu-Ray, and can be rented or purchased without a subscription. VUDU is available on internet-capable HDTVs and Blu-ray Disc players from FUNAI Electronics (Magnavox, Sylvania), LG Electronics, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, SANYO, Sharp, Toshiba and VIZIO, and on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system from Sony. VUDU is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wal-mart Stores, Inc., and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. For more information, visit http://www.vudu.com/.

MIPS Technologies, Inc., a provider of processor, has announced that MStar Semiconductor has licensed the multi-threaded multiprocessing MIPS32 1004K Coherent Processing System, or CPS, and the superscalar MIPS32 74K core.

These cores provide the performance needed for next-generation connected DTV and technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player and AndroidTM.

In its Q3'10 Quarterly TV Design and Features Report, DisplaySearch, a worldwide leader in display market research, noted that MStar continues its position as market leader in flat panel TV IC unit shipments.

"MIPS' cores deliver high performance and power efficiency, supported by a robust ecosystem of tools and software. With our MIPS solutions portfolio, we have a wide range of options for our next generation products. We are working closely with MIPS Technologies to ensure seamless integration of software stacks to create innovative next-generation products," said WK Chia, vice president, MStar.

The MIPS32 74K core family provides advantages for high-performance SoC design, while reducing overall die area, cost, and power consumption.

The 1004K CPS is a multi-threaded multiprocessor IP core. Leveraging the multi-threading capability, the 1004K CPS achieves over 2.9 CoreMarkTM/MHz per core.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, January 6, 2011 – Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions ) and MStar Semiconductors, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a patent license agreement relating to a part of Trident’s motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) patent portfolio. The licensed MEMC patents are directed to the display of high definition and 3D images for high-quality televisions and other video enabled LCD display devices and are a de facto standard approach for enhancing picture quality. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

MStar Semiconductor is recognized as one of the fastest growing fables IC design companies, with premier SOC solutions and leading positions in various consumer products, including entertainment and multimedia devices, portable devices, and mobile communications products.

Trident, a technology leader in the TV and set-top box markets, controls a broad patent portfolio that includes patents directed to MEMC, demodulators, audio, video, television interfaces, 3D, conditional access and general semiconductor circuit technology.

About MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
MStar Semiconductor, Inc. is a leading IC design company, and is dedicated to providing system-on-chip integrated circuit technologies. By combining semiconductor design expertise and system knowhow, MStar delivers a broad line of products: video display, multimedia, wireless communication ICs, and general-purpose mixed-mode ICs. For more information please visit www.mstarsemi.com.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.
Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home. As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident's solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide. The company’s extensive IP portfolio of more than 2,000 patents has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, low power consumption, and 45nm designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company's web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

NOTE: MStar and the MStar logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of MStar Semiconductor, Inc. in Taiwan and/or other countries.

Deal lets publishers build native games for TV that can be shared to mobile and other formats

Taiwan's MStar supplies a huge number of TV makers with internet connected middleware. This contract adds an end-to-end games service including content and store to the offer.

Antix Labs' native games use a secure file format, similar in concept to MP3 for music or MPEG for video, so users can play the same title across different devices such as TVs, tablets and phone. DRM enables the games to be copied and virally shared with their friends and family, across the cloud.

"MStar's success in supplying TV solutions has been remarkable. Antix's products and its associated publishing community enable MStar to strengthen its comprehensive solutions in TV and also across the many other screens in which MStar is active and taking increasing market share," said Francis Charig, Antix's CEO.

Trevor Neal, VP of MStar, added: "The Antix Game player is a complete product and gives all our TV customers a simple way to meet the demands of an increasingly expectant market by offering the user best-in-class, casual and premium gaming services with downloadable native content."

Sonic Solutions® (Nasdaq: SNIC) today announced that the RoxioNow premium entertainment platform has been selected by MStar Semiconductor, Inc., for inclusion in its advanced SoC solutions, which will be used in upcoming connected HDTVs. The integration will enable consumers to instantly stream a broad catalog of premium digital entertainment on next-generation devices from a range of manufacturers."

Over-the-top entertainment has become a must-have feature for connected devices," said Joel Reboul, Senior Director of Internet TV, MStar. "With integrated support for services powered by RoxioNow, our SoC solutions combine the best in high-definition picture and audio performance with easy access to a vast library of entertainment delivered on demand via the web."

"Our collaboration with MStar, a major CE industry supplier, provides us with the opportunity to further expand our device reach and influence," said Mark Ely, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Sonic Solutions. "Sonic continues to build out a vast network of RoxioNow-compatible, connected electronics that deliver a far more flexible and convenient digital entertainment experience for consumers."

The RoxioNow platform serves a broad range of premium content, including new movies and next-day TV programs, to a growing, multi-manufacturer ecosystem of home and mobile electronics including PCs, connected TVs, set-top DVRs, Blu-ray Disc players, smartphones, and mobile media devices. The platform enables retailers and consumer electronics companies to participate in the entertainment supply chain, add value to product offerings and form ongoing relationships with customers. "Powered by RoxioNow

AwoX, the leader in network media technology, today announced that MStar Semiconductor Inc. integrates AwoX DLNA Certified Component into its Reference Designs and range of chipsets. "The integration of AwoX DLNA Certified Component technology onto MStarâ

MIPS Technologies' Multi-threaded Cores to Power Next Generation DTV and Set-top Box Designs.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that the world's leading provider of integrated circuits (ICs) for digital television, MStar Semiconductor, licensed its multi-threaded MIPS32® 34KfTM Pro synthesizable processor core for next-generation devices. The 34Kf core includes a floating point unit that provides enhanced performance for graphics-intensive functionality, making it critical for connected DTV and technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Adobe® Flash® Player and AndroidTM. MStar is a long-time MIPS® licensee, having previously licensed the MIPS32 M4K® and 4KEc® cores.

In its Q4'09 Quarterly TV Design and Features Report, DisplaySearch, a worldwide leader in display market research, noted that MStar is now the market leader of video processor ICs in unit shipments. The report also noted that flat panel TV market growth this year is dominated by China's migration to LCD from CRT, and that MStar had a leading position in the rapidly-growing Chinese market. DisplaySearch's TV Electronics Analyst Paul Gray commented, "MStar has risen rapidly to lead the TV IC market worldwide. Their focus on cost-effective designs and strong relationships with aggressive TV set makers enabled their success in this highly competitive market."

"To meet next-generation demands for connectivity, high-definition displays, advanced LED backlighting control, high-quality video decoding and other advanced functionality along with green power regulations, we need processors that deliver high performance, power efficiency, and seamless integration with the necessary software stacks," said WK Chia, associate vice president, MStar. "The multi-threaded 34Kf core offers a great balance of high performance, low power and compact area. Together with MIPS' leadership and robust ecosystem in the DTV and set-top box markets, this provides us with the right solution to support next-generation development."

"We are pleased that MStar, the world's leading provider of DTV ICs, is partnering with MIPS for development of future chips," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing for MIPS Technologies. "It is an exciting time in the DTV and set-top box industries as advanced technologies such as Internet connected TV become viable market solutions. As the number one supplier of processor IP for the DTV and set-top box markets, MIPS provides cores and enabling technologies that are optimized for multimedia, connectivity, and the next generation of connected devices."

MStar just passed its first NDS certification on a TV chip, bringing NDS advanced security to TV market for the first time.

Civolution, a leading provider of technology and services for identifying, managing and monetizing media content, today announced that MStar Semiconductor Inc. is the first Semiconductor manufacturer to offer a hardware integration of Civolution's NexGuard -PayTV forensic watermarking core into its MSD3A11 chipset.

"The hardware integration of NexGuard - PayTV technology in MStar's MSD3A11 chipset evidences Civolution's commitment to make this technology available in the most efficient and flexible way" said Alex Terpstra, CEO of Civolution. "By making each illegal content copy traceable, further critical protection is offered to content owners, making them more comfortable to grant premium content in an early window and provides greater financial opportunities for all stakeholders".

Using Civolution's NexGuard - PayTV solution, the recently re-branded solution originally known as VTrack and part of Civolution extensive range of forensic watermarking products, MStar's chipsets embed a unique watermark into video material in real-time each time a program is viewed. By adding the unique watermark to the video, content copies become unique, enabling the identification of any potential misuse. With its extremely small footprint, NexGuard - PayTV requires very little overhead on the chipset. Yet, the solution is highly robust and is designed to survive camcorder-capture and subsequent degradation of the content for internet usage. NexGuard - PayTV offers additional content protection complementary to conditional access or other forms of digital rights management on all device outputs. The solution is available in hardware or as a software library, compatible with satellite, cable, DTT and IPTV distribution, and supports linear broadcast, VOD, NVOD, Push VOD and in-home re-distribution.

"We are delighted to be working with Civolution and be one of the first chipset manufacturer to integrate the NexGuard - PayTV core into Silicon," comments Philippe Notton, Director of STB of MStar. "The media industry is increasingly suffering from piracy and needs to find new ways to monetize content. With this solution we can now offer our customers an extra layer of protection, making viewing of early-release and HD content safe and secure."

Civolution will be exhibiting at the upcoming IBC 2009 conference in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands (September 11-15), booth 5.B18.