ViXS releases new HD Video Processor SoC: XCodeHD™ 3390

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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High Performance Single Chip HD Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder product

TORONTO — 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.