Genesis Microchip's DTV Controller Shipping With Leading ODM Digital STREAM Technology's 1080p Digital Television Solution.Genesis Leverages DST (1) (DeSTination) Contrast with SRC, which is an abbreviation of "source." (2) (Digital Signal Trust Company, Salt Lake City, UT, www.digsigtrust.com) An organization that sets up and manages PKI systems for companies and industry groups. Hardware and Software Production Experience SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Genesis[R] Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) The European term for a global satellite-based radio navigation system. See Galileo. ), a world leader in the development of video processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors, and other consumer display products, today announced that Digital STREAM Technology (DST), a leading Original Design Manufacturer (ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) A contract manufacturer that uses its own designs and intellectual property (IP). See contract manufacturer. ), has commenced shipment of its ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. DTVs based on the powerful combination of Genesis Microchip's PE[c]rVIEW HD[TM] 500 (gm10500) Digital TV Controller and FLI FLI - Flash Lights Impressively. 8668 ("Cortez Advanced") video controller to its 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. DST is also licensing this high-quality and robust turnkey reference design to CE companies desiring to offer a cost-effective, analog (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 digital (ATSC and Clear QAM) single board 1080p solution with minimal resources and time-to-market. "We selected Genesis Microchip's PE[c]rVIEW HD[TM] 500 and Cortez Advanced combination because together they provide best-of-breed capabilities in video/audio/ graphics performance," said Mr. Ju Kim, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Digital Stream Technology. "Using the proven technologies of PE[c]rVIEW HD[TM] 500 and Cortez Advanced allowed us to create a single, cost-effective 1080p DTV platform that is viable for volume production while still offering industry-leading video quality regardless of the source material." "We are pleased to leverage DST's extensive DTV and ODM experience to offer CE companies a DTV controller solution with minimized time-to-market and engineering resources. DST's production-proven software and field-proven hardware experience has resulted in a highly focused solution for the U.S. flat-panel TV market that squarely exceeds retailer and consumer expectations," said Neil Mitchell, Genesis Microchip's vice president marketing, TV business. "With our award-winning video quality and differentiating features such as support for full 1080p in/1080p out and 1080p Motion Adaptive Deinterlacing processing on both analog and digital TV signals, existing and new Genesis customers can quickly extend their analog TV lineup to include high-quality digital TVs well in time to meet the U.S. FCC mandate." Additionally, Genesis and DST have collaborated closely in the development of this hardware and software platform. As a result: 1) Genesis is able to offer a DST production-proven platform to Genesis customers as a reference design. 2) DST has put Genesis's royalty-free, production-ready stack through its stringent production process, offering Genesis customers an extremely reliable software solution in addition to its production-proven IC and platform. The PE[c]rVIEW HD[TM] 500 DTV controller is a highly integrated, High Definition, and unified memory MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 decoder designed for Integrated Digital TVs, fully compliant with ATSC, DVB and OpenCable (Digital Cable Ready See CableCARD. ) requirements. A high performance, industry-standard 32-bit MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. processor, combined with a graphics engine, enables advanced customer applications and sophisticated user interface designs, while firmware-programmable multimedia processing engines are used for digital broadcast signal decoding and advanced, multi-format audio processing. The controller also features a very unique, flexible Video eXpansion Interface (VXI) that allows customers to render and overlay graphics in a manner that preserves the graphics quality of TV user interfaces (UI) and electronic program guides (EPG) through the system. By pairing the PE[c]rVIEW HD[TM] 500 DTV controller with the FLI8668 "Cortez Advanced" controller, the modular solution offers cinema-quality video processing pipeline up to 1080p. About Digital Stream Technology, Inc. Digital STREAM Technology Inc., a leading developer of Digital Television solutions in Korea and in the U.S., manufactures in China and markets digital set top boxes, built-in Modules for HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , digital to analog converter (electronics) Digital to Analog Converter - (DAC) A device which takes a digital value and outputs a voltage which is proportional to the input value. Typical uses include digital generation of audio signals or conversion of a bitmap image to a signal to drive a CRT. boxes, DTV PC tuners, display systems and ODM LCDTV sets that provide viewers with high definition quality signal receiving capabilities using cutting edge technology to worldwide markets. Established in 1995, Digital STREAM supports its leading brand-name customers as well as 2nd tier ODM TV manufacturers with its state-of-the-art and cost-effective TV and receiver solutions. For more information please visit http://www.dstreamtech.com. About Genesis Microchip Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS) is a leading provider of image processing systems enabling superior picture quality in flat-panel TVs and a variety of consumer and PC-display products. Featuring Genesis Display Perfection[R] technologies and Emmy award-winning Faroudja[R] video technologies, Genesis system-on-a-chip solutions are used worldwide by display manufacturers to produce visibly better images across a broad array of devices including flat-panel displays, digital TVs, projectors, A/V receivers and 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. players/recorders. The Genesis technology portfolio features analog and mixed signal system-on-a-chip design, DCDi[R] by Faroudja deinterlacing, TrueLife[TM] video enhancement, IntelliComb[TM] video decoding and includes over 185 patents. Founded in 1987, Genesis supports its leading brand-name customers with offices in the U.S., Canada, India, Europe, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan and Singapore. For more information about Genesis Microchip Inc. or Genesis Display Perfection technologies, please visit www.gnss.com. Note to Editors: Genesis, Genesis Display Perfection, Faroudja, DCDi by Faroudja, PE[c]rVIEW HD, TrueLife and IntelliComb are trademarks or registered trademarks of Genesis Microchip Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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