September 11, 2008
ViXS Systems and Rebaca Technologies Announce Joint Development of the Next Generation PVR STB Reference Design
Toronto, CANADA September 11th, 2008 ViXS Systems, the leading developer of video processing System-on-Chips, announced today that it is working with Rebaca Technologies in a technical collaboration to create an advanced Set-Top Box Reference Design that uses the Rebaca Software Stack, showcasing the powerful XCode 3290 SoC. In addition to supporting complete DVB and PVR stacks, the Reference Design incorporates advanced features for the connected home, leveraging the chips powerful HD transcoding capability to deliver highly interoperable content to advanced devices over wired and wireless networks.
Rebaca is a boutique technology outsourcing company based in India, focused on software development for all aspects of Video and Multi-Media deployment.
The ViXS XCode 3290 is designed to give CE manufacturers a compelling solution for HD video products such as STBs, PVRs, Digital TVs, Blu-Ray/HD DVD recorders, Media Servers and Network Attached Storage (NAS). The XCode Series of ICs have led the way by being the first and currently only single-chip hardware MPEG/AVC encoder/decoder/transcoder/transcryptor SoC with highly integrated connectivity. The XCode 3290s HD transcoding/encoding engines allow manufacturers to build next-generation home video products with increased storage, networking and content protection. Consumers can extend recording up to six times by transcoding HD MPEG-2 to HD MPEG4 AVC streams, with the high quality visual experience expected from HD.
Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS said, The collaboration with Rebaca has helped us add a middleware stack that leverages our HD transcode capability to deliver on our vision of the Set-top box as the Media Hub of the connected home. We believe the user experience should be centered around the family TV and must integrate content aggregation and delivery in an elegant seamless flow.
Our engineering team has enjoyed working with ViXS, added Samir Chatterjee, CEO of Rebaca Technologies. Creating this unique solution and adding to the feature set with some of the leading players in the industry is a journey we are proud to participate in.
The complete Reference Design is being showcased at IBC 2008, at ViXS booth 5.C12. First customer engagements are in place, with mass production targeted for Q1, 2009. The consumer space is not only about technology, said Shawn Saleem, VP Marketing at ViXS. We also need to focus on creating value for our OEM Partners. The collaboration with Rebaca gives our customers a feature rich product with an optimized BOM, and minimal development cost.
About ViXS Systems, Inc.
ViXS Systems Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company enabling advanced video processing technologies for top-tier Consumer Electronic (CE) and Personal Computer (PC) companies. The company has developed advanced video codecs with unprecedented capabilities for processing, managing, protecting and distributing broadcast-quality video. ViXS supplies IC solutions and full production reference designs to the world's top CE and PC manufacturers, OEMs and ODMs. ViXS XCode video processors are deployed worldwide in a variety of designs such as IPTV/cable set-top boxes, multimedia PC boards, digital TVs, PVRs, and Blu-ray and HD DVD products. Unique video technologies developed by ViXS, such as encoding, transcoding and decoding, provide CE and PC manufacturers with the necessary feature differentiators they need to become leaders in their respective markets. An additional ingredient for the success of these products is ViXS support of worldwide Conditional Access (CA) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) whereby one product platform can support worldwide coverage. To date, ViXS has issued and filed over 150 patents. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ViXS is a global company with offices located worldwide. For more information, visit www.vixs.com.
Contact Information:
Melinda DeNicola
ViXS Systems Inc.
(416) 646-2000 X 331
mdenicola@vixs.com
About Rebaca Technologies
Rebaca Technologies was founded in 1997, and has been working with world leaders in the development of STB, DTV and Home Networking solutions. Rebaca offers a complete suite of IP products, as well as full service work for hire capability. Rebaca has engineering centers in Kolkotta and Bangalore.