EEtimes.com reports that Cirrus Logic has announced the availablity of a DVD chip that more functions then just normal DVD playback. The chip is designed for use in high-end DVD systems featuring multiple functions.
These functions are web browsing by the implementation of a v.90 soft modem , a 32-bit audio DSP featuring 180 Mips performance, and an MPEG-2 video core, a hard-disk drive interface and audio encoding capability and MPEG 4 playback.
An Enhanced DVD application, which adds Web browsing capabilities to a DVD player, can utilize the CS98200's dual-processor architecture, Ritchie said. The decoder includes a v.90 soft modem that allows viewers to watch a DVD movie while simultaneously running a browser to get Web-based enhanced DVD information off the Internet. No competitors have a DVD decoder chip capable of running a soft modem yet, Ritchie added. |
The CS98200 is capable of decoding all audio formats, Cirrus said, including eight-channel DVD-Audio, Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Digital, Advanced Audio Coding, Meridian Lossless Packing, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Audio, DTS and MP3. The chip also integrates six 10-bit D/A converters to support video and audio output formats.
The CS98200 features second-generation progressive-scan technology that will allow users to "switch from 24 frames [per second video] to 30 frames on the fly," Ritchie said. The chip also supports the presentation of MPEG-4 files.
Besides these chips the company is now defining a second-generation, single-chip DVD recorder solution scheduled for launch for Christmas 2004.
Source: EEtimes.com
