Texas Instruments DSPs Power New Internet Audio
Player From Sanyo
TI's Programmable DSPs Enable Support for Multiple Audio Formats And SDMI-Compliant
Security
DALLAS, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated, (NYSE: TXN - news; TI) today announced that its
programmable digital signal processors (DSPs) are being used in Sanyo's new SSP-PD7 Portable Digital Memory Player.
Powered by TI's DSP, the new Sanyo player is completely SDMI compliant with support for multiple formats. The PD7 also
features Liquid Audio's Secure Portable Player Platform (SP3), ensuring the secure distribution of digital music to the portable
digital audio device. (See ti.com for more details.)
TI's ultra-low power TMS3205409 DSP provides a Multi-Decoder System enabling the Sanyo PD7 to support both mp3 and
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) formats, two of the more popular audio compression technologies. Capitalizing on TI's
power-efficient DSPs, the Sanyo PD7 provides advanced features and up to 5 hours of use on a single AAA battery.
Balancing powerful features and processing with advanced battery management, TI DSPs offer the most complete system
solution for Internet Audio applications.
``Sanyo's premier offering in the digital audio arena, the PD7, is a logical step toward the future of portable music,'' said Gary
Hodge, VP/Sales and Marketing, Audio/Video Group at Sanyo Fisher Company. ``It was designed to meet the requirements
of today and be flexible enough to survive the introduction of new standards in the future. Texas Instruments offers a
programmable solution that not only satisfied our immediate design needs, but also future-proofed the PD7 to incorporate new
formats and features as needed.''
Using the Sanyo PD7, which is currently available on The Sanyo Store Web site (http://www.store.sanyousa.com), consumers
can easily download audio files from the Internet through a USB port and load them onto an included removable and
re-writable MultiMedia Card, storing up to 60 minutes of content.
``To capitalize on consumer demand for portable Internet Audio players, consumer electronics manufacturers have sought
cost-effective solutions that enable them to bring products to market quickly,'' said Jorge Kittl, Internet Audio business manager
at TI. ``As Internet Audio formats continue to evolve, devices also need the flexibility to adapt to changing standards. Sanyo's
decision to design the PD7 around TI's programmable DSP insures against product obsolescence.''
TI's DSPs are the overwhelming choice for use in portable Internet Audio players, with more than 70 products designed
around TI chips. In addition to AAC and mp3, TI DSPs support all the latest digital music formats, including Windows Media
Audio (WMA), ePAC, Dolby® Pro Logic®, Dolby Digital 5.1, QDesign QDX, ATRAC3 and AudibleReady software
speech codec ACELP®.net from VoiceAge. TI's DSPs support digital rights management (DRM) technology from InterTrust
and Microsoft, as well as Liquid Audio's SP3. TI also supports the broadest range of digital storage media. |
