Date: 25/08/2009

New SoC for set-top boxes supports multi-format video

NEC Electronics has announced the availability of a new image-processing solution, the EMMA3TMSL/P system-on-chip (SoC) based on its enhanced multimedia architecture (EMMA) platform. The EMMA3SL/P SoC is a set-top box (STB) device compliant with H.264 high definition (HD), and supports multi-format video for IP TV, such as DivX, VC-1, WMV, and also support China's audio/video standard (AVS).

The EMMA3SL/P integrates key functions needed to receive and decode digital broadcasts, including MPEG-2 HD audio/video decoders, transport-stream demultiplexers, and display controllers for enhanced display and graphics features.

Other key features are,

Complies with enhanced security features
Performance more than doubled to 990 MIPS, compared to the company's previous EMMA3SL/HD device
Supports hybrid IP TV STB functionality featuring simultaneous IP TV and broadcast TV, which can be either digital terrestrial, satellite or cable TV in one multimedia platform
Built-in deinterlacer to convert interlaced signals into progressive signals for enhanced display features
Supports the Linux operating system (OS) in addition to a real-time OS (RTOS)

Package: 484-pin plastic BGA package
Price: Starts at $30 per unit
Availability: Now
For more details visit www.am.necel.com