Conexant Systems introduces next generation A/V decoder - CX25845 October 31, 2006
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Conexant Systems is introducing it’s next generation audio/video decoder for PC TV and consumer applications called the CX25845. The new chip is targeted at applications such as digital televisions, set-top boxes, DVRs, and home theater PCs. With the CX25845, Conexant has merged three different functions onto a single package - a multi-format video decoder, a 3D comb filter, and a worldwide broadcast audio decoder.
Features of the new CX25845 include:
- Worldwide AV decoder with 3D comb
- Integrated 16 Mb SDRAM
- Pin compatibility with the CX25840/1/2/3 and CX25837
- Support for video NTSC/PAL/SECAM video standards
- Support for BTSC/EIAJ/EIAJ/A2/NICAM and other broadcast audio standards
- FM stereo/mono and AM audio
- 12 x 12 mm TQFP
- Single crystal operation
- Support for 16-24 bit, 32-96 kHz I/O I2S
- CCIR 656 and VIP 2.0 output
The new CX25845 is sampling right now and expects to have volume production by January of 2007. It’ll be priced at 8.00 per unit in production quantities.
Conexant Launches Next-Generation A/V Decoder to Improve Video Quality on Televisions and Personal Computers
New Device Includes 3D Comb Filter and Integrated Memory
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. –(Business Wire)– Oct. 30, 2006 Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT), a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband communications and the digital home, today introduced a next-generation audio/video (A/V) decoder for PC TV applications and consumer electronics products including digital televisions, set-top boxes, digital video disc recorders, and Windows Media Center Edition personal computers. The CX25845 features an integrated A/V decoder with a 3D comb filter to improve picture quality for broadcast video programming based on NTSC and PAL industry standards. It integrates the functionality of three devices - a multi-format video decoder, a 3D comb filter, and a worldwide broadcast audio decoder - into a single, cost-effective package. The high level of integration, in combination with the decoder’s integrated memory, reduces the number of external components required, overall board size, and bill-of-material costs.
“Our new decoder raises the bar in terms of broadcast audio and video performance, and significantly improves the picture quality on consumer products such as digital televisions and personal computers,” said Lewis Brewster, senior vice president and general manager of Conexant’s Broadband Media Processing business. “In addition, integrating the functions of three separate chips into a single package enables our customers to streamline their design process and lower overall system costs.”
A/V decoders convert analog signals to a digital format and provide the means for displaying analog audio and video content on flat-panel TVs, set-top boxes, personal video recorders, multimedia PCs, and other consumer devices. A 3D comb filter separates the black and white picture information from the color information contained in a composite video signal. It uses multiple frames of video, which are stored on the integrated memory, to determine what areas of the image should be processed as black and white (luma) versus color (chroma) information. This results in sharper and cleaner video, enabling consumers to view higher quality video.
Additional features include integrated synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) that enables pin-for-pin compatibility with the company’s previous generation CX25480/1/2/3 product family. This provides manufacturers with a flexible, single-chip solution that can be used in multiple product lines, and allows them to easily migrate to the new device.
Conexant is a leader in video innovation, and has shipped more than 60 million broadcast encoders and decoders to date. Key accomplishments include creating the PCI video decoder category, introducing the industry’s first single-chip MPEG audio/video encoder, and launching the world’s first single-chip video encoder and digital video interface (DVI) transmitter and most recently, developing the world’s first integrated PCI-e AV decoder.
Conexant offers a complete suite of components and system solutions for all major consumer video applications ranging from standard and high-definition video to interactive consumer entertainment services delivered through digital televisions, set-top boxes, PCs, digital video recorders, game consoles, and other consumer electronic devices. The company’s video and multimedia product offering includes analog and digital video encoders/decoders, PCI video decoders, software and complete reference designs.
Availability, Packaging and Pricing
The CX25845 is sampling now with volume production scheduled for January 2007. The chip is packaged in a lead-free, 80-pin exposed thin quad flat pack (ETQFP), and is priced at $8.00 per unit in production quantities.
About Conexant
Conexant’s innovative semiconductor solutions are driving broadband communications and digital home networks worldwide. The company has leveraged its expertise and leadership position in modem technologies to enable more Internet connections than all of its competitors combined, and continues to develop highly integrated silicon solutions for broadband data and media processing networks.
Key products include client-side xDSL and cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, digital set-top box components and systems solutions, and dial-up modems. Conexant’s suite of networking components includes a leadership portfolio of IEEE 802.11-compliant WLAN chipsets, software and reference designs, as well as solutions for applications based on HomePlug(R) and HomePNA(TM). The company also offers a complete line of asymmetric and symmetric DSL central office solutions, which are used by service providers worldwide to deliver broadband data, voice, and video over copper telephone lines.
Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company with an annual revenue run-rate in excess of $1 billion. The company has approximately 3,200 employees worldwide, and is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif. To learn more, please visit http://www.conexant.com.
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