After a slow start, AVC-decoding chipsets became readily available in the second half of 2006 from manufacturers including Broadcom, Conexant, Sigma Designs, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. Then, several manufacturers, including ADB, Amstrad, EchoStar, Humax, LG, Netgem, Pace, Philips, Sagem, Scientific Atlanta and Thomson, have deployed AVC HD STBs.