65nm Technology Provides a Faster, Smaller, Lower Power, Highly Integrated Dual Video Decoder SoC for Advanced Codec Set-Top Box Applications
Broadcom Corporation today announced a new dual-channel AVC/MPEG-4/VC- 1/MPEG-2 video decoder system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed in a 65 nanometer process. The new high-performance video decoder SoC is being demonstrated at this week's CableLabs Winter Conference, and provides leading-edge functionality and performance when compared to existing set-top box (STB) solutions currently available.
Announced today is the 65 nanometer Broadcom® BCM7400B dual-channel video decoder solution. The BCM7400B video decoder enables set-top box manufacturers to develop extremely high performance media centers, integrating the most advanced hardware features and functionality to securely decode, store and share multiple types of media including HDTV, video-on-demand, Internet, and digital music content. The BCM7400B also includes special hardware to properly support Broadband Home Media Distribution over external MoCA (Multimedia Over Coax Alliance) and 802.11n Wi-Fi® interfaces in support of new, higher revenue-generating multi-room DVR services.
At last year's 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show, Broadcom introduced the first-generation BCM7400 video decoder chip along with very complex software that enabled the company's set-top partners to develop media center platforms for their customers. The same robust software developed for the BCM7400 over the past year migrates directly to the BCM7400B, providing a clean technology bridge to a higher performing, more advanced solution that Broadcom customers can deploy. The benefit for set-top manufacturers is:
- Direct migration to state-of-the-art 65 nanometer technology
- Proven silicon platform and architecture that enables the quickest and least riskiest time-to-market for media-center solutions deploying later this year
- Technology that will provide the required processing power to run sophisticated JAVA-based OCAP™ software applications and advanced media sharing
- The preservation of existing software investments
More detailed technical information can be read in the complete press release.
