Frontier Silicon and S3 Demonstrate World's First Turn-Key Solution for Multi-Mode Mobile DTV.DUBLIN, Ireland & LONDON -- Next week at the 3GSM World Congress, Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) and Frontier Silicon will be demonstrating a complete multi-mode reference design for Mobile Digital Television. The reference design incorporates Frontier Silicon's Paradiso (FS1030) chip, an advanced multi-standard DVB-H/DVB-T/T-DMB/DAB-IP mobile TV receiver, and S3's onHandTV[TM] multi-standard mobile digital TV client software. By offering a turn-key DVB-H/T-DMB solution, proven in deployed mobile TV networks across the world, handset and consumer electronics manufacturers can gain enormous economies of scale, significantly reducing time-to-market and risk with a single reference platform solution. The two companies have been working closely together for over a year to address the emerging mobile DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. market. This has enabled them to develop a very efficient reference design, minimising system power, consumption and cost, whilst maximizing flexibility and portability across networks. The solution uses mobile DTV silicon technology that has already shipped in over one million Frontier Silicon mobile TV IC's (integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. ), and has proven interoperability with commercial networks guaranteed by S3's onHandTV software client. Matt Hatch, VP, Mobile Digital TV, Frontier Silicon stated, "The goal has been to offer a complete solution that goes beyond a basic mobile DTV reference platform. Most companies believe it is adequate to simply interface receiver chipsets with mobile TV middleware. This platform goes way beyond that, offering a complete proven mobile TV stack. The significant network interoperability testing both companies have done will ensure device manufacturers sail through compliance and device qualification, minimizing the time to product qualification in a market which has diverged across multiple standards." John Maguire John Maguire is the name of:
The reference designs will be demonstrated at 3GSM Congress on both stands - Frontier Silicon (Hall 1, Stand J36), S3 (Hall 1, Stand 1F17). About Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) S3 is the Connected Consumer Technology Company. It enables operators, OEMs and silicon manufacturers to deliver next generation products and services to consumers, at home and on the move. S3 is also the leading provider of broadcast mobile DTV solutions. Its onHandTV[TM] software client manages the reception of TV and data services over broadcast, multicast and unicast bearers, delivered to multiple mobile devices. onHandTV(TM) ensures faster time-to-market and reduced risk for mobile operators and device manufacturers worldwide. It has proven interoperability with all existing commercial networks and key technology suppliers in the mobile DTV ecosystem. Founded in 1986, S3 delivers expert consumer systems design plus leading-edge silicon and software IP. S3 has offices in Ireland (Dublin and Cork), the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Poland, USA, China, UK and the Netherlands. For further information please visit www.s3group.com or visit us in Hall 1 at 3GSM, Stand # 1F17. About Frontier Silicon Limited Frontier Silicon is the leading supplier of digital and RF integrated circuits and modules for mobile digital TV and digital audio products. Established in 2001 as a privately funded fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. , it has over 200 employees and is headquartered in Watford, England, with design centres in Cambridge and Dublin, and branch offices and technical support representatives in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , China, Korea and Japan. Products include audio processors for digital radio and network streaming, and receiver solutions for mobile TV, supporting multiple broadcast standards including DVB-H, DVB-T See DVB. , T-DMB and DAB-IP. Customers include Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Bang & Olufsen, Bush, Denon, Goodmans, Grundig, Hitachi, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon , Onkyo, Philips, PURE Digital, Roberts Radio Roberts is a global consumer electronics limited company based in Yorkshire, England. It has been producing radios for over 70 years. Initially the company only traded in the United Kingdom, but now exports worldwide. , Sanyo, TEAC TEAC Tetraethylammonium Chloride TEAC Theological Education for the Anglican Communion TEAC Technology Education Association of California TEAC Turbine Engine Analysis Check TEAC Timber Export Advisory Committee TEAC Training & Education Advisory Committee and Yamaha. For more information, visit www.frontier-silicon.com. |
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