Equator Announces Availability of Development Toolkit for World Class MAP-BSP Family of Processors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2002 iMMediaTools(TM) 5.4.2 supports new MAP-BSP(TM) family of chips, offering more robust next-generation broadband video applications Equator Technologies Inc., the leading provider of video streaming See streaming video and video stream. and processing engines and platforms, today announced the availability of Version 5.4.2 of its iMMediaTools Software Development Toolkit. With more robust media driver libraries, the new version is designed to support Equator's new leading edge MAP-BSP family of Broadband Signal Processor(TM) chips. The iMMediaTools 5.4.2 unlocks the potential of advanced streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. applications by leveraging the superior processing power of Equator's software-programmable MAP-BSP chip family -- enabling cost-effective, rapid design of next-generation video-centric applications. The close coupling between the MAP-BSP chip architecture and the toolkit results in the industry's highest level of performance for these broadband applications. The release of version 5.4.2 of the iMMediaTools is the latest step in Equator's continuing strategy to provide its customers with a world class tool set. Through the bundling of the complete cygwin development environment, the iMMediaTools 5.4.2 enables convenient installation on the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. platform. The enhanced media drivers, which ensure support for PAL, NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. and dual video inputs, enable the continuation of robust operations during the loss and reinstatement Reinstatement The restoration of an insurance policy after it has lapsed for nonpayment of premiums. of external video synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. . These key enhancements allow developers to take full advantage of the flexibility and superior processing power inherent in Equator's MAP-BSP chips, which perform up to 40 GOPs (billion operations per second). This allows for the development of a range of advanced consumer and professional broadband video devices, including IP-based set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. and media gateways, video security and surveillance products, image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. equipment. "At Equator, we design comprehensive engines and platforms that help our OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers take the lead in a very competitive marketplace. Version 5.4.2 of our iMMediaTools Toolkit is a significant step toward achieving our mission to provide a world class software development tool set," said Frans Sijstermans, vice president of architecture and software development, Equator Technologies. "Combining the toolkit with our MAP-BSP family of processors, which lead the industry in price performance, we provide our customers with the ability to design enhanced broadband video products and applications." With a complete suite of tools and interfaces for creating broadband video applications entirely in C-language, IMMediaTools 5.4.2, builds upon the advanced features and functions of previous versions, including: -- Support for improved profiling and VLX context switching -- C Library -- a small footprint enables developers to more quickly design broadband applications -- Software Pipelining -- increases performance up to 60% over selected inner loop algorithms, such as Sum of Absolute Differences and FIR filter -- C++ Alpha Release Support -- enables users to develop and debug applications faster and with increased flexibility Availability The iMMediaTools Software Development Toolkit is immediately available through Equator's direct sales channels. About Equator Technologies, Inc. Equator Technologies is the industry's choice for video streaming engines and platforms, targeting consumer, business and industrial applications. Equator's family of Broadband Signal Processor(TM) (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. (TM)) chips, couples a unique, fully functional system-on-a-chip solution with software tools to permit the development of platforms for demanding video applications from "Pixels to Packets." Equator's unmatched compiler technology delivers 100% C programming -- enabling the rapid introduction and field upgradeability of high-performance, video-centric applications. With more than 120 customers, Equator offers rapid time-to-market and time-to-revenue solutions for digital media communication markets including, head-ends, set-top boxes, video conferencing, video security and imaging. Headquartered in Campbell with additional offices worldwide, Equator is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . For more information, visit www.equator.com. The following are trademarks of Equator Technologies, Inc., and may be used to identify Equator products only: Equator, MAP, MAP1000, MAP1000A, MAP-CA, MAP Series, Broadband Signal Processor, BSP, MAP-BSP, MAP-BSP-15, FIRtree, DataStreamer, DS, iMMediaC, iMMediaTools, iMMediaToolsLite, Media Intrinsics, VersaPort, SofTV, Shark, StingRay stingray: see ray. stingray or whip-tailed ray Any of various species (family Dasyatidae) of rays noted for their slender, whiplike tail with barbed, usually venomous spines. , Dolphin, EagleRay, Orca, Equator Around and the Equator Around logo. Other product and company names in this news release may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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