Broadcom Offers Digital TV Solutions
Broadcom
Corporation, a provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless
communications, has announced its next generation of digital television (DTV)
system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions. Designed for digital video broadcast (DVB)-based
platforms, these solutions will target European and Asian markets. The
offer is available in package configurations that support WXGA (wide
screen) display and a full 1080p high-definition resolution.
By
supporting global connectivity standards such as a digital video
broadcast-terrestrial (DVB-T) demodulator, phase alternating line (PAL),
sequential color with memory (SECAM) video support, and near instantaneous
compounded audio multiplex (NICAM) audio support, Broadcom's latest
single-chip SoC allows TV manufacturers to create products that offer
distinguishing features and aid in the evolution of the DTV from a
commodity display device to a highly differentiated entertainment system,
says the company.
To enable
TV manufacturers to take advantage of the growing digital TV market,
Broadcom announces its BCM3556 single-chip DTV solution. It supports
multiple compatibility standards in Europe and Asia. The Broadcom BCM3556
DTV SoC also includes an advanced feature set including multi-format
picture decoding in support of high definition AVC, H.264, VC-1, AVS and
MPEG-2 streams.
By
supporting H.264, the latest video compression standard, the BCM3556
enables users to view multimedia and HD content with improved picture
quality at lower bandwidth when accessing content from other consumer
devices in the home network.
The
BCM3556 also integrates a host of features that allow TV manufacturers to
create differentiated products, and when combined with improved picture
quality, will enrich the consumers' DTV experience. One such feature is a
3D graphics core that provides consumers with a graphical user interface
for flipping, rotating, moving, or manipulating images, and enables OEMs
to create specialized user interfaces that differentiates the TV from
traditional flat, two dimension user interfaces.
The home
network connectivity of the BCM3556 includes an integrated Ethernet media
access controller (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) device that enables the
SoC to connect with multiple home networking devices such as media
servers, PCs, MP3, and portable media players. As a result, users can
share and stream music, photo, and movie content to and from connected
TVs.
A
high-powered CPU, featuring a MIPS dual core processor, rounds out the
BCM3556's capabilities by providing consumers with a seamless user
interface to content from traditional broadcast sources as well as from
personal or internet content.
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