C-Cube Wins With Motorola for European Set-top Box Deployment
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000--C-Cube Microsystems (Nasdaq: CUBED - news) today announced that Motorola has integrated C-Cube's silicon solution into interactive digital set-top boxes that have begun shipping to European broadband network operators.
The set-top deployment is part of a network upgrade to two-way communications that will enable cable operators to provide subscribers with integrated video, telephony and the Internet over the Motorola system and set-top boxes. Delivery of Motorola's DVi-5000+ DVB-compliant set-tops began in the first quarter of 2000. C-Cube's AViA@TV silicon, a key component of the digital set-top terminals, will provide MPEG-2 audio-video demultiplexing and decoding that includes advanced audio DSP to decode multiple formats including Dolby Digital(TM) and MPEG-2 audio for a complete set-top box home-theater experience.
``C-Cube's AViA@TV solution enables us to meet and exceed the technical requirements of Europe's most innovative broadband communications companies,'' said Denton Kanouff Vice President, Marketing in Motorola's Digital Network Systems business unit.
``To meet our customers' criteria, it was crucial for us to deliver a DVB-compliant digital architecture that included advanced audio decoding and demultiplexing features. Motorola's Dvi-5000+ is the most advanced interactive DVB platform in the world and C-cube's solution has the horsepower to help enable the most demanding of advanced services.''
``We are delighted that Motorola has chosen to partner with us for such an important deployment,'' said Dean Westman, vice president of marketing of C-Cube's Broadband Network Division. ``The deployment is a strong endorsement of the AViA@TV solution given that Motorola has delivered more interactive digital cable set-tops and systems than any other company in the world.''
The AViA@tv chipset delivers market-leading interactive applications and advanced features including:
-- MPEG-2 audio-video decoding and demultiplexing
-- Integrated Media Access Controller (MAC) for two-way
networking that allows cable providers to offer interactive
services
-- Flicker Filter(TM) technology for dramatically improved
picture quality of Web pages displayed on television
-- Six-plane graphics for a sophisticated, easy-to-use graphical
interface
-- Embedded high-speed Central Processing Unit (CPU) for quick
rendering of Web pages on television
-- DES and DVB descrambling to support multiple conditional
access systems
About C-Cube
C-Cube Microsystems leads the industry in providing silicon solutions that are driving the global transition from analog to digital video and audio in the home. C-Cube focuses on broadband communications and codec products. C-Cube's broadband products enable video and data to be transmitted through interactive digital set-top boxes and digital networks. C-Cube's codec products are enabling new digital video consumer applications such as digital VHS, personal video recorders, DVD players and recorders, and video editing systems. C-Cube is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol CUBED. C-Cube can be reached at +1.408.490.8000 or at c-cube.com.
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