ST introduces new offering for Digital Multimedia Home

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ST introduces new offering for Digital Multimedia Home 
To enable complete offering spans from network access to video processing and in-home connectivity for the digital multimedia home, STMicroelectronics has introduced a complete hardware and software platform. The complete product offering includes all the ingredients required for the US cable market from high-speed broadband access to Ultra HD multi-screen video processing and seamless home connectivity over wired and wireless networks.

“To meet the high-bandwidth demands of US consumers, cable operators have introduced high-speed networks capable of delivering high-end interactive content to displays from TVs to smartphones and tablets. To ensure that this content is properly processed, managed and distributed, home-gateway and client-box SoCs must integrate a wide range of wired and wireless interfaces, low-power modes, and premium content protection. ST’s broad, market-unique offering for the digital multimedia home puts all the pieces into place to enable operators to deliver the best user experience and most advanced services at optimized cost,” said Gian Luca Bertino, Executive Vice-President & General Manager, Digital Convergence Group, STMicroelectronics.

ST’s DOCSIS 3.0-certified cable-modem chips (the STiD12 product family, codenamed “Alicante”) provide fast network connectivity for multimedia home entertainment and interactive broadband services. The extremely high data rates up to 800Mbit/s will enable set-top boxes and home gateways to deliver video and Internet data services over a single network and support simultaneous use of multiple connected devices.

ST’s latest multimedia application-processor System-on-Chips (the STiH3 client-box and STiH4 server-box product families, codenamed “Cannes” and “Monaco”, respectively) support decode and display resolution up to the leading-edge Ultra HD (2160p) and the next-generation H.265 / HEVC video compression. This combination sets to extend the viewing experience for end-users......See More

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