DTV Tuner IC accommodates Chinese market standards.
January 21, 2008 -
Offered as digital terrestrial TV tuner card reference design, XCode(TM) 2100 Series ASIC is designed to work with GB20600-2006 Chinese DTV standard for Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasts (DTTB). Solution lets users capture, display, and record HDTV broadcast television programs on PC or laptop. It provides video processing features such as flexible interconnectivity, bitrate reduction, transcoding, DRM, and various security options.
ViXS and Legend Silicon Collaborate on GB20600-2006 Digital Terrestrial TV Tuner Card for Growing Chinese Market
ViXS reference design to provide powerful solution for new Chinese DTV standard
TORONTO, Jan. 10 -- ViXS Systems Inc., a leading developer of video processing solutions, today announced a low-cost, feature-rich digital terrestrial TV tuner card reference design for the rapidly growing GB20600-2006 market in China. ViXS' design will allow users to inexpensively and easily capture, display and record High-Definition (HD) TV broadcast television programs on their PC or laptop.
In cooperation with Tsinghua University, Legend Silicon has developed GB20600-2006 as a standard which has been adopted by China as the foundation for all Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast (DTTB). Amongst its many benefits, the GB20600-2006 provides high-quality broadcast television to indoor, fixed, portable and mobile TV clients.
The ViXS XCode(TM) 2100 Series Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) will provide advanced video processing features such as flexible interconnectivity, bitrate reduction, transcoding, DRM and other security features - all in a low-cost ASIC.
"ViXS' significant market share in the PC tuner card market in Japan and North America, as well as their cost-effective platform and future-proofed feature set, is exactly what we were looking for from a partner," said Dr. Lin Yang, Co-founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Technology Officer of Legend Silicon.
"ViXS is thrilled to work with Legend Silicon in the development of this important product for the Chinese market. Chinese viewers have long been waiting for a quick and easy way to capture and record digital perfect video onto their PCs, and as we approach the Beijing Olympics the demand for recording HD broadcast will rapidly increase.", said Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS Systems.
ViXS products, solutions and technology will be on display at CES 2008 from January 7 to 10, 2008 in Booth 36163 of South Hall 4 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
About Legend Silicon
Legend Silicon Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that develops technology and application specific semiconductor products (ASSP) for digital broadcasting and broadband transmission. The company's products enable broadband transmission and reception with bandwidth utilization and resilient signal reception. Legend Silicon's products are designed for usage in television sets (high definition and standard definition), set top boxes, portable media players (PMPs), video-enabled cell phones and wireless network interface adapters for PCs. Legend Silicon is headquartered in Fremont, California, and has operations in Shanghai and Beijing, China, where it also maintains a joint DTV Research Center with Tsinghua University in Beijing. To learn more about Legend Silicon, visit www.legendsilicon.com.
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 100 patents. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ViXS is a global company with offices located worldwide. For more information, visit www.vixs.com. Company Information: Name: ViXS Systems Inc. Address: 245 Consumers Road City: Toronto ZIP: M2J 1R3 Country: Canada Phone: 416-646-2000 http://www.vixs.com
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