Fujitsu Launches In-vehicle Network Standard IDB-1394 Controller Chip.Tokyo, Japan, Nov 2, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Fujitsu and Fujitsu VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. have jointly developed the MB88387, a controller chip that complies with the IDB-1394 in-vehicle network standard for processing multimedia data. The chip went on sale on November 2. The world' first controller chip that has integrated an IDB-1394-compliant physical layer and link layer, the MB88387 features a digital transmission content protection Digital Transmission Content Protection, or DTCP, is a digital rights management (DRM) technology that aims to restrict "digital home" technologies including DVD players and televisions by encrypting interconnections between devices. (DTCP) protocol to enable two data streams to be coded or encoded simultaneously. The controller chip also enables the provision of high-quality video content such as DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. videos and digital TV broadcast on a rear passenger seat display. Housed in a 176-pin LQFP (low-profile quad flat package), which measures 24x24mm, the chip is sample-priced at 1,800 yen ($15). Fujitsu aims to sell 100,000 units per month. Source: JCN http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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