Tality Unveils Hardware-Independent MHP Software Platform With Media Applications Library; Tality Provides Critical Platform For Interactive Home Media Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001 Tality Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) -- today announced the availability of its licensable hardware-independent Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) software for interactive home media applications. The Java-based MHP 1.0.1-compliant software suite consists of a protocol stack and a comprehensive media application library. The company has verified this software under operational conditions using live streams on ATI's Set Top Wonder 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 , an open-architecture DVB-compliant set top box reference design. Tality also offers design services to port the software to licensee-specified hardware, operating systems and Java Virtual Machines This article provides non-exhaustive lists of J2SE Java virtual machines (JVMs). It does not include a large number of Java Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) vendors. Note that J2EE runs on the standard J2SE JVM but that some vendors specialize in providing a modified JVM optimized (JVM). "We've solved a major problem for interactive set top box manufacturers, who have been hampered by the lack of full-performance MHP software with fully-featured media applications," said Diana Anderson, director for Tality's Wireless and Multimedia Design Group. "Our verification of the suite on established set top box hardware demonstrates clear leadership in a market characterized by an over-abundance of PC emulations with partial functionality." Tality's modular media application library encompasses functions such as Electronic Programming Guide (EPG), Enhanced EPG, Personal Video Recorder See DVR. (PVR), Digital Versatile Disk (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. ) playback, Video-On-Demand (VoD), Jukebox and audio CD playback, portal services, web browsing, email, video mail support, on line games and gaming, e-commerce and electronic banking, and hands-free video phone. The MHP 1.0.1 protocol stack is currently available for Linux and VxWorks(R) operating systems, and functions with any pJava 3.1-compliant JVM. About MHP The MHP specification is an open standard that defines a generic interface between interactive digital applications and their terminal devices, enabling the development of applications executable on multiple terminal device types, regardless of their architecture. Such devices include set top boxes, home and media gateways, integrated digital TV sets and multimedia PCs. The specification was developed by Digital Video Broadcast Project (DVB), an industry-led consortium of over 300 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries, committed to designing global standards for the delivery of digital television and data services. Conformance testing is under the supervision of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (body) European Telecommunications Standards Institute - (ETSI) A European version of the ITU-T(?). (ETSI). About Tality Tality Corporation, formerly the Electronic Design Services group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN), was launched as a separate company in October 2000. With more than 1,100 engineers located in 14 design sites worldwide, Tality is the world's largest independent provider of engineering services and intellectual property for the design of complex electronic systems and integrated circuits. Tality is headquartered at 555 River Oaks Parkway, Building No. 3, San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , 95134. www.tality.com Note to Editors: Tality is a trademark of Tality Corporation. Cadence is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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