Samsung & C-Cube on digital set-top boxes.
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finally found this in the c-cube website. sort of lost track of c-cube design wins....
hope this helps.
that was a long time ago (5 months). right now Samsung might be using LSI, VLSI, or SGS-Thomson's MPEG-2 decoders. (nobody knows for sure.)
Samsung just "might" have gotten the MPEG-2 core from C-Cube to incorporate GIC's DigiCipher II.
thanks, John.
regards,
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MILPITAS, Calif., April 8, 1996 -- C-Cube Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: CUBE), a market leader in digital video, today announced that Samsung has selected C-Cube's CL9100 MPEG-2 set-top video decoder and CL9110 transport demultiplexer as the critical digital video engines for Samsung's new digital television set-tops and new wide-screen televisions with integrated set-top receivers. Samsung's new set-top systems will be used to receive digital broadcast satellite (DBS) and cable services, offering consumers a wide range of programming choices, as well as MPEG-2 video and audio quality that is superior to that of existing analog cable systems. Samsung's digital set-top receivers and wide-screen televisions are already being deployed by KoreaSAT in the Korean domestic market, providing consumers with optimized digital video services into the home.
"Digital video is enabling new entertainment and information services to be delivered to consumer households worldwide," said Alex Daly, vice president of marketing for C-Cube Microsystems. "C-Cube's MPEG-2 set-top solutions offer a superset of MPEG-2, enabling broadcasters to add advanced features to enhance the viewing experience for the consumer. We are pleased that such a distinguished leader in consumer electronics as Samsung has selected C-Cube to provide the core video technology for these set-top products."
"The DBS market is expanding worldwide at a rapid pace and Samsung strives to be a leading digital set-top manufacturer," said M.Y. Shin, director of marketing for Samsung. "Samsung set-top receivers are being deployed to provide consumers with a full-featured, yet affordable, digital video receiver and integrated television that leverages C-Cube's digital video expertise to deliver optimized video services to the end-user."
The CL9100 and CL9110 MPEG-2 Set-Top Solutions
The CL9100 can decode MPEG-2 Main-Level/Main-Profile; MPEG-2 Main-Level/Simple-Profile; and MPEG-1, making it the ideal video decoder for the multimode set-top boxes demanded by cable MSOs and DBS providers. The CL9110 divides the MPEG-2 transport layer into Packetized Elementary Streams (PES), routes the streams to a descrambler, and demultiplexes the video, audio and data components of the PES for processing by video, audio and set-top microcontroller circuits. The CL9110 is designed for seamless integration with the CL9100 and audio decoders from several third parties. Samsung has developed a DVB compliant common descrambler that can directly interface with C-Cube's CL9110 transport demultiplexer without requiring glue logic.
"Our descrambler chip provides a very cost effective and powerful solution that allows us to aggressively compete with the competition," commented D.I. Song, director of the multimedia research and development center, regarding Samsung's descrambler product.
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC) is a global high-tech company with a product line-up including everything from household electronics, telecommunication and information systems to the most advanced semiconductors. Successful development of many consumer electronic products, such as the Diamond Head VCR, Video CD, wide screen TV, compact digital cassettes, CDs, LDPs, noiseless vacuum cleaner and Bio-Rhythm Mini Component, has solidified Samsung Electronics' firm foundation as a market leader. In 1994, Samsung Electronics was the world's seventh largest manufacturer of semiconductors and the largest manufacturer of memory products.
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