STMicroelectronics Demonstrates Complex Multimedia Application On VLIW Micro Core.Business & Technology Editors GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002 First samples from microprocessor collaboration with HP redefine price/performance/power trade-off STMicroelectronics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ) today illustrated the power and flexibility of its first VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) A CPU architecture that reads a group of instructions and executes them at the same time. For example, the group (word) might contain four instructions, and the compiler ensures that those four instructions are not dependent on each (Very Long Instruction Word) microprocessor core, the ST210, with the development of an MPEG-4 decoding application demo. The demo is based on an evaluation chip called the ST200STB See set-top box. STB - set-top box 1 and has been developed within a few weeks of the first silicon becoming available, dramatically demonstrating the rapid time-to-market achievable with the new technology. The new ST210 core is based on technology jointly developed by Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and ST. The ST200 is a scalable and customizable core family designed for embedding in multimedia System-on-Chip (SoC) devices. The ST210, the first member of the ST200 family, executes four instructions per clock cycle, allowing the equivalent of 1GHz RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. performance while maintaining the low power benefits of a 250MHz clock frequency. ST200 cores are primarily aimed at video/audio streaming applications such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MP3 in digital consumer applications where high performance, low silicon implementation costs and low power consumption must be combined with rapid development to ensure minimum time-to-market. The combination of sophisticated development tools and simplified architectural implementation means that the ST200's performance can be easily scaled as silicon process technology evolves. The demonstration shows the ST210 performing real time software 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). 4 decode, achieving high-quality movie playback. ST's developers produced this demonstration only a few days after receiving first silicon showing the maturity of the ST200 family's software development tools. "The rapid development of this demonstration was brought about by having a complete ST200 capability including 'right first time' silicon, evaluation boards, software development tools and the ST200's great multimedia performance," said Richard Bramley, R&D Manager for Audio and Video Processing in ST's 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. Division. Customer samples of the ST210STB1 chip, evaluation platforms and development tools are scheduled for January 2002. These will allow customers to demonstrate the ST210 applications performance. The ST210 core outperforms all existing dedicated multimedia processors and VLIW cores in terms of architectural simplicity and silicon area, effective processor speed, scalability and customizability. About STMicroelectronics STMicroelectronics is the world's third largest independent semiconductor company. The Company shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. , on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange Milan Stock Exchange The largest regional stock exchange in Italy, facilitating more than 90% of the country's trading volume. . The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) and discrete devices used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunications systems, computer systems, consumer products, automotive products and industrial automation and control systems. In 2000, the Company's net revenues were $7,813.2 million and net earnings were $1,452.1 million. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com. |
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