Video Breakthroughs

Allegro DVT is proud to introduce the world first HEVC hardware decoder IP at IBC 2012. HEVC (aka “High Efficiency Video Coding”) is the next generation video standard, currently being developed by the JCT-VC team. JCT-VC is a joint team between MPEG and VCEG.

The new HEVC decoder IP leverages Allegro DVT long and successful history of hardware video IPs development. Thanks to this HEVC decoder IP, Allegro DVT customers will be able to tape-out HEVC capable SoC as soon as the standard is finalized.

At IBC 2012, Allegro DVT will demonstrate an FPGA based, real-time, high definition HEVC decoder, on its booth: 1.A46.

iXS introduces the XCode 6000 ARM processor-based media gateway family – the industry’s first integrated six HD transcoder media processor and the first to deploy the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) together with integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) 2.0

The XCode 6000 family has set many new innovations and performance benchmarks on the market. These new innovations include:

- First media processing gateway to integrate the new HEVC video compression standard to reduce video bandwidth over the current H.264/MPEG-4 AVC broadcasts and also provide support for 4Kx2K resolution.

- Multi-format HD decoding engine for flexible media processing of internet Web TV based streaming or Over the Top (OTT) and Over the Top TV (OTTtv) formats.

- Best-in-class hardware media processing capable of six concurrent HD transcoding for streaming up to 6 iPads, tablets, smart phones or other connected and mobile devices.

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ViXS Systems Inc. today announced the XCode Xtensiv Cloud Transcoding platform based on its XCodePro 200 series. XCodePro 200 provides the lowest power consumption per stream of any commercially available transcoder chipset. With over 40 engaged infrastructure customers and end products deployed on 5 continents the XCodePro 200 is the 4th generation chipset targeted at the professional market and represents over 5 years of development. Focused on robustness, error correction, and video quality improvements to meet the rigorous quality demands and 24/7 uptime requirements in this market, the Xtensiv Cloud Transcoding platform is the most complete software platform available. ViXS’ investment in this robust platform simplifies deployment in cloud implementations and ensures quick time to market with minimal engineering expenditures for customers. At IBC 2012, ViXS will display the XCode Xtensiv Cloud platform along with a number of other advanced Infrastructure solutions.

ViXS Systems Inc. announced today the support of digital rights management solution (DRM) from the company Widevine on its XCode products. The XCod multimedia processors from ViXS integrate an advanced security architecture allowing the porting of digital rights management (DRM) from companies such as Widevine, a global leader for securing high quality audio and video delivery.

The XCod multimedia processor SoCs uniquely combine state-of-the-art ViXS’ patented transcoding and transcrypting technologies providing the ability for place shifting and multiscreen streaming.

The TSC100 family of SoC products features Trident's latest generation video decoder technology to natively support the latest codec technologies including SVC (scalable video codec), MVC (multi-view video coding), VP8, Sorenson and other standards.

Powered by a 1700 DMIPS ARM Cortex-A9 processor, the TSC100 family is capable of advanced software solutions including the latest releases of Android optimized for the ARM architecture. In addition, the TSC100 family integrates an advanced 3D graphics engine by Imagination Technologies supporting OpenGL ES2.0.