TeraLogic doesn't have an MPEG-2 decoder in it's settop design........
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Semiconductor designer TeraLogic Inc. has started sampling DTV chips and already has lined up four companies planning to source the silicon for use in set-top boxes.
U.K.-based set-top box manufacturers Toshiba Consumer Products, Vestel Electronics of Turkey (the third largest TV tuner manufacturer in Europe) and Symbionics Ltd. will incorporate the 32-bit TL750 graphics and video processor into hardware this fall.
Raghu Rao, TeraLogic director of marketing, said he expects Toshiba to be the first to market in the third quarter with a product that includes the chip. Symbionics will use a board that incorporates the TL750 and an MPEG-2 decoder from Toshiba Electronics Europe.
In addition, TeraLogic has inked a deal with Acorn Group plc, which will incorporate the chip into a reference design and make that available to hardware companies.
Michael Bernstein, an analyst with Semico Research, believes the company has a head start in the set-top market. "They have a lot of good contacts, a complete solution and experience of doing it at LSI Logic [LLSI]," he said.
TeraLogic will make a reference design available next month for software developers for $9,500. The platform, called Puma, includes a 233 MHz StrongARM SA-110 processor from Digital Semiconductor Corp. [DEC], 8 MB of SDRAM, 4 MB flash memory, 2.1 GB hard drive, CATV tuner for PAL or NTSC systems, IR keyboard and hand-held TV remote, 56K modem, 5.1-channel interface, keyboard and mouse interfaces and several video inputs and outputs. |
