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ViXS Systems Ports Orb Embedded Solution onto XCode™ Family of ICs
Orb Embedded Solution brings content
virtualization to the Consumer Electronics world using ViXS
hardware-based transcoding
Toronto, CANADA – February 20, 2008. Orb
Networks and ViXS Systems today announced the porting of the Orb
Embedded Solution (OeS) onto the ViXS XCode™ family of products.
“ViXS chipsets are powerful hardware-based transcoding solutions
which expand the recording and playback capabilities of Consumer
Electronics (CE) devices,” said Sally Daub, President and CEO of
ViXS Systems. “Our cost-effective, feature-rich solutions enable the
transition of existing digital TV distribution networks into
tomorrow’s hybrid world of MPEG2/H.264-based broadcast/broadband
delivery. As new types of TVs get connected, as set-top boxes and
personal video recorders connect to Pay-TV services, and as
broadband video offerings over the internet proliferate, ViXS
chipsets will help today’s CE devices move in the direction of
tomorrow’s CE services.”
The OeS platform illustrates the power of the ViXS chipset and puts
the chipset in contact with the computing and networking community,
whether in the home or through networks. Subsequently, devices and
services enabled by the Orb platform detect the transcoding
resource, and can then direct media — which require processing — to
this available resource.
“Ultimately, consumers want to pick their media, pick their screen,
and press play,” said Joe Costello, Chairman and CEO of Orb
Networks. “The OeS platform enables device manufacturers to build
better and synergistic product families because it bridges the gaps
between content formats, media location, playback location, and user
interface.”
ViXS offers a family of chipsets that support solutions used in
today’s high-volume digital TVs, CE products, portable media
players, as well as tomorrow’s hybrid systems. The XCode™ family of
ICs provide the foundation for numerous in-demand CE applications
such as quick conversion of video content from one format to another
and HD/SD video transcoding/decoding/encoding. Other features and
benefits of ViXS chipsets include:
• Conversion support for MPEG4 AVC, MPEG4 Part 2, MPEG2, VC1/WM9
• Bitrate, resolution and format conversion
• High-speed transcoding up to 10x real-time
• Support for iPod, iPhone™, PSP™ and other portable media player
(PMP) formats
The OeS is a distributed, dynamic, flexible platform that powers and
manages multiple devices, applications and services, and also
enables transparent communication of media catalogs and computing
capabilities. It is available for embedded operating systems,
numerous programming languages, and is network protocol independent.
About Orb Networks, Inc.
Orb Networks is an award-winning developer of software and services
that unlock the digital media stored on personal computers. Orb
MyCasting gives consumers secure, free, instant, and
everywhere-access to everything from their photos and video to TV
and music on virtually Web-enabled device. The company's partners
and affiliates include: AOL Winamp, AMD, Creative Labs, Hauppauge,
Hutchison, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone. Orb Networks is a privately
held company in Emeryville, Calif. For more information about Orb
Networks and the Orb MyCasting service, please visit
http://corp.orb.com.
Contact information:
Ron Perrotta
Orb Networks Inc.
(650) 814-0502
ron.perrotta@orb.com
About ViXS Systems
ViXS Systems is a fabless semiconductor company enabling advanced video processing technologies for Consumer Electronic (CE) and Personal Computer (PC) platforms.
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 100 patents. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ViXS is a global company with offices located worldwide. For more information, visit
www.vixs.com
Contact
information:
Tony Swierkot
ViXS Systems
Phone: (416) 646-2000 Extension 331
Email:
tswierkot@vixs.com
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