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Overview:
CSM1200 is a rich media capabilities and powerful peripherals embedded platform SoC, the HD-led, with two-way communications capabilities and powerful graphics capabilities, support for MPEG-2, H.264 HD decoding. The chip can be used in multi-standard satellite / terrestrial / cable digital TV set-top boxes, multi-standard IPTV solution, multi-format HD player, multi-functional high-end set-top boxes.
Video decoding
- Supports MPEG-2, H.264 HD and SD decoding.
- Supports progressive and interlaced zoom feature.
Transmission system
- Programmable transmission processing system that supports multiple transmission formats.
- Support the dual transport stream input and decode.
- Supports DVB, DES / TDES encryption and decryption.
Features
- Supports MPEG-2, H.264 HD and SD output
- Video output support PAL/NTSC/480p/576p/720p/1080i
- Built-in S / PDIF digital audio output
- DMA controller
- 2-D graphics processor
- ATA hard disk interface for program recording and playback
- Network interface to support IPTV
- USB2.0 controller for connecting a wide range of USB devices
Celestial Semiconductor
Company Profile
In 2004, the worldwide digital TV platform of the context of development, always With a group of people who dream of industry serve the country, came to Beijing Zhongguancun ------ core Sheng was born and was duty-bound onto the open innovation integrated innovation of the road, AVS HD / SD digital TV SOC , MPEG-2 HD / SD digital TV SoC , supports MPEG-2, AVS and H.264 HD decoding digital audio and video multi-standard multimedia processor chip after another ---- -
With the world, China is to achieve the world's largest analog TV to digital TV, standard definition TV to high-definition television a whole shift, which is the information industry, the third platform of change. Back in history, two previous platform of change to a group of enterprises to seize the opportunity to grow up fast. Caused by the birth of the computer the first platform of change, creating a Microsoft, Intel, the world's two giants continue to create the myth; to mobile phone platforms as a symbol of the second industrial revolution, the achievements of Nokia, Motorola, the world represented of the mobile communications business. Opportunities and challenges, facing such a huge wave of DTV market, how will China's semiconductor business opportunity to win wars?
Core Sheng (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. It is in this era born out of context. Founded in September 2004 in Beijing and Silicon Valley with R & D institutions.
Company has been committed to world-class digital audio and video, communications, semiconductor circuit design, strong areas of technology, to provide chipsets for digital TV and system design, research and development after years of accumulation, has launched a variety of integrated performance, competitive products: China's first AVS HD / SD real-time encoding system, AVS HD / SD decoder core and SoC chip for ATSC, DVB-X of the MPEG-2 HD / SD decoder core and SoC chip for DVB -S2, Low cost IPTV set-top box H.264/MPEG2 HD / SD chip Soc.
May 2006, the company developed a number of products have entered the industrialization stage. In the next two years, will continue to offer core Sheng-based Cable Return pass, ultra low power circuits, wireless transceiver chip series and other programs to meet the increasingly diverse needs of the market.
Sheng With core level of the world's leading SoC design technology, a variety of key areas and multimedia SoC IP, multimedia audio and video processing, ultra high-speed circuit design techniques, low-power design, a variety of techniques, EDA tool development, DTV and STB applications software and operating system optimization, the success of China in various areas of national power the chip industry, a high-tech industry to achieve national development planning and an important force.
Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of Celestial Semiconductor
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9, 2011 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today announced that they have completed their acquisition of China-based privately held Celestial Semiconductor on March 4th, finalizing an agreement that was announced January 31st 2011.
Celestial provides a family of ARM-based high-performance SoCs with HD quality video processing, multi-source video input and multi-format video playback. These SoCs combine transport processing, image processing, multi-standard media playback in 480/720/1080p, noise reduction, de-interlacing, audio processing, video encoding, advanced video post processing and picture enhancement, 2D/3D graphics, advanced security and content protection. A full range of input and output options including S/PDIF, DVI, HDMI, composite and component analog video, Ethernet, digital input, SATA, USB, and audio are also provided as part of a low cost BOM design. This is combined with a feature rich software solution complete with graphical user interface and support for major conditional access standards that are required by content providers and Telcos.
Celestial products have been designed into a range of devices such as set top boxes (STB), IPTV, Interactive TVs, Net multimedia players, and portable media players being deployed by cable and telecom media service providers, Interactive cable operators, multiple system operators (MSO) in China and other emerging geographies.
About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications and the digital home.. Cavium Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 40 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access & service provider equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium Networks principal offices are in Mountain View, California with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India and Taiwan.
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