September 2, 2009
ViXS releases a new HD Video Processor SoC: XCodeHD™ 3390
High Performance Single Chip HD Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder product
Toronto, CANADA – September 2, 2009. ViXS Systems Inc., the leader in highly innovative and advanced networked multimedia solutions, announced today that a new High Performance Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System on a Chip (SoC) product, the XCodeHD™ 3390 is now available for existing and new customers. The XCodeHD™ 3390 is an enhanced functioning follow-on IC to the highly successful XCode® 3290, the world’s most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder SoC which is currently being used by numerous consumer electronics (CE), Set Top Box (STB), Personal Computer (PC) and broadcast equipment manufacturers.
The new ViXS XCodeHD™ 3390 IC is targeted at applications such as Cable STBs, IPTV STBs, Personal Video recorders (PVRs), Place-shifting devices, Digital Televisions (DTVs), Blu-Ray PVR/Recorders, Home Media Servers and Home Networked Attached Storage (NAS) devices. It also provides improved application processing power over the previous XCode® 3290, allowing customers to run more applications and faster. Like the current XCode®3290 that is shipping today in multiple high volume applications, the XCodeHD™ 3390 has the option for a full decode/full encode transcode or a Smart XCode™ mode with the added benefit of dynamic switching between the modes providing the best video transcoding quality and flexibility available in a SoC today. ViXS Systems is currently the only company shipping this level of flexibility to its customers today.
The XCode™ HD 3390 SoC provides the following:
■Multi-stream HD/SD Video Transcoding, Decoding and Encoding:
•Full Decode / Full Encode Transcode mode
•Smart XCode™ mode
•Support for MPEG4 AVC, MPEG4 Part 2, MPEG2, HD-AVC, HDV
•Transrating : Bit-rate Reduction, Resolution Reduction and Format Conversion on the fly
•High-speed Transcoding up to 12x faster than real-time
•Support for simultaneous HD Transcoding + HD Decoding or HD Encoding
•Support for iPhone, iPOD Touch, iPOD, PSP and other portable device formats
•Support for audio decoding and encoding
•Support for multiple audio formats
■Mirror Transcoding / Encoding
•HD/SD simultaneous support
■400 MHz Dedicated Application Processor:
•Up to 1000 DMIPS of available processing power
■Multiple Integrated Peripherals:
•Dual Ethernet, Dual SATA, Dual USB 2.0
■Multiple Interconnects:
•PCI, PCIe, Host Bus Interface (HBI), UART
•DDR2 Memory and NAND Flash
■2D Graphics
•Accelerated Bitblt and Color Fill
•Multi-Plane support
•Full HD Text and Graphics
•Graphics embedded via transcoding/encoding, e.g. watermarking, logo insertion, etc.
■Fully integrated security:
•CableLabs OCAP™ qualified Cable Card (M-Card), Smart Card and DVB Common Interface (DVB-CI)
•Multiple Encryption and Decryption Engines
•Digital Rights Management (DRM) / Conditional Access (CA) / Content Protection (CP) support
•Transcryption between CA’s / CP’s / DRM’s
■Includes XCode Xtensiv™ software suite to help build exciting new applications:
•ViXS DLNA Media Server Version 1.5 with DTCP
•ViXS DLNA Client Version 1.5 with DTCP
•PVR Stacks
•Tuner Stacks
•Networking Stacks
•Analog Decoder & Demodulator Libraries
•DVD & Blu-Ray Disc authoring
•Linux WebKit
•Linux Web Server
•ViXS Media Player
“We are excited about releasing this new product, the XCodeHD™ 3390, a powerful video processing SoC with the ability to provide our customers with industry leading audio/video features to help differentiate their products from the competitors”, said Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS Systems. “The XCodeHD™ 3390 showcases once again the video innovations that ViXS Systems is known for and helps solidify its leadership in the video processing semiconductor industry.”
Availability & Pricing:
The XCodeHD™ 3390 is currently available. Please contact sales@vixs.com to inquire about pricing.
About ViXS Systems Inc:
ViXS Systems Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company enabling advanced video processing technologies for top-tier Consumer Electronic (CE) and Set-top (STB) companies. The company has developed advanced video codecs for processing, managing, protecting and distributing broadcast-quality video. ViXS supplies IC solutions to the world's top OEMs and ODMs for a variety of designs such as IPTV/cable set-top boxes, multimedia PC boards, digital TVs, PVRs, and Blu-ray DVD products. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ViXS is a global company with offices located worldwide. For more information, visit www.vixs.com.
Media Contact:
Anselmo Pilla
ViXS Systems Inc.
(416) 646-2000 X261
apilla@vixs.com