Advanced video processor supports DVR and MP3 players
-- EDN, March 29, 2006
The Sil 8200 advanced video processor features dual video/image-processing pipelines and integrated DVR- and MP3-player support. The device includes a RISC (reduced-instruction-set-computer) processor, an IDE hard-disk controller supporting DVR (digital-video-recorder) functions, MP3/AAC decoders for auto playback, and a JPEG decoder for photo display. Additional features include a built-in analog-video front end for 12 channels of standard-definition television with an advanced 3-D comb filter for high-quality video and two 24-bit digital-video-input ports supporting 1920×1080-pixel progressive HDTV resolution. The processor handles 12 composite, S-Video, and component-video signals. Key features of the RISC microprocessor include a 32-MIPS RISC architecture, a programmable clock from 600 kHz to 166 MHz, and 14 kbytes of cache memory. The video-processor pipelines feature dual-processing paths; 3-D motion-adaptive deinterlacing; 3-D motion-adaptive noise reduction; advanced scaling with moiré cancellation; and image processing, including DCTI, DLTI, full HSB, and contrast controls. The integrated storage and mobile-player interfaces include acceleration for MP3, AAC, WMA, JPEG decoding; an integrated IDE hard-disk-drive controller for DVR functions; flash-media direct connection; and a USB 1.1 interface, enabling MP3 playback and photo display from digital cameras. Available in a PBGA-388 package, the Sil8200 costs $20 (10,000).
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