NEC Selects ViXS XCode™ Series for VALUESTAR PC's

Monday, April 27th, 2009
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ViXS XCode™ 3106 provides unsurpassed high speed video processing for NEC All-in-One PCs

TORONTO — ViXS Systems Inc., a leading developer of video processing solutions, announced today that XCode™ 3106, the world’s most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder IC, has been selected by NEC for the VALUESTAR L, N and W Personal Computers (PCs). The XCode 3106 features the ability to transcode real-time HD MPEG2 broadcast video to HD MPEG4 AVC, allowing the VALUESTAR PC to increase its video storage capacity by six times.

In addition, XCode™ 3106 interfaces directly to Dual ISDB-T Demodulators/Tuners and has been engineered to descramble Japanese Secure Broadcast content using its integrated Smart Card controller and Security Engine. These features including high speed transcoding have allowed NEC to build a multimedia all-in-one PC with the ability to support Preview & Record and schedule a 2nd Recording while securing the recorded video content using NEC’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) security on to the Hard Drive Disk (HDD) at 1/6th the original bit rate.

The ViXS XCode™ Series of ICs has pushed the performance envelope when it comes to single-chip low power hardware transcoders. PC manufacturers now have the unique opportunity to build high performance multimedia PC products with XCode™ Series by offloading all CPU intensive secure video processing tasks from the main CPU.

“We were impressed with the XCode™ 3106 performance, particularly with the multi-stream transcoding and security features, making it the right choice for our VALUESTAR series,” said Hideaki Kato, Associate Senior Vice President at NEC Personal Products, Ltd. “XCode™’s transcoding technology allows our VALUESTAR PC to truly become an all-in-one high performance multi-media PC product for the multi-tasking consumer!”

Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS Systems, said: “The XCode™ Series of ICs have set the standard for single chip transcoders by providing our customers a powerful set of features, unparalleled by our competitors. In particular, the XCode™ 3106 has helped NEC build an all-in-one PC with true multimedia differentiation without impacting precious CPU cycles.”