Fujitsu to demonstrate new and exciting multimedia devices

Come and meet Fujitsu at ANGA Cable, 27-29 May 2008 on Stand B40, Hall 10.2 at the Cologne Fair Grounds

LANGEN, Germany — Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) is set to exhibit its latest multimedia devices at ANGA Cable in Cologne, 27-29 May 2008. ANGA Cable is Europe’s leading Exhibition and Congress for Cable, Broadband & Satellite and last year attracted in excess of 10,000 visitors from 68 countries, with over 1,200 attendees at the Convention.

Demonstrations of Fujitsu’s multimedia product solutions will include:

HD Multi-Standard Decoder (MB86H60):

Fujitsu’s latest DVB solution for digital TV – the MB86H60 – is a highly integrated System-on-Chip incorporating the necessary processing functions required by digital HDTV receivers, including those for digital video, audio and graphics – making it ideal for integrated digital TV (IDTV) sets, set-top boxes and portable receivers.

This cost effective, low power, HD media processor can decode both MPEG-2 and H.264 compressed video up to full HD resolution (1920 x 1080i) and thus delivers a complete solution for new satellite, terrestrial and cable HDTV receivers. In addition, the flexible audio processor can decode a wide variety of audio standards required by the broadcast market.

Based on more than 10 years of DVB silicon development, this flexible solution from Fujitsu helps deliver a high quality audio and video experience regardless of encoding source or broadcasting standard.

HD H.264 Transcoder (MB86H52):

Fujitsu’s MB86H52 is capable of compressing full HD (1920 x 1080) MPEG-2 video data to H.264 while maintaining video quality. This high compression makes it ideal for use in recording equipment, where recording time can be increased by 2-5 times.

The transcoder’s superior properties are the result of a proprietary algorithm developed by Fujitsu Laboratories that automatically applies less compression to areas in the image where compression artefacts are most noticeable to human vision, such as human faces or slow-moving objects, and greater compression to other areas. Thus, high image quality for the critical zones is maximised. This technology allows the same video quality to be maintained when transcoding from MPEG-2 to H.264.

The MB86H52 includes a full HD H.264 CODEC (COde/DECode) for video encoding and decoding, so that uncompressed video data can be compressed to the H.264 format, while the device can also decompress video data from compressed or transcoded H.264.

Fujitsu’s marketing and engineering teams will be available throughout the event to discuss how these multimedia technologies can shorten time-to-market, reduce costs, enhance product development and to indicate potential application areas for these devices.