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Fujitsu intros digital HDTV SoC

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd today announced that it has developed a digital HDTV system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates a video processing engine for superior picture quality, and a full high-definition (full HD, 1920 dots x 1080 lines) multi-decoder that decodes both MPEG-2 and H.264 video compression formats.

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The new chip, the MB86H70, is aimed for digital TVs receiving high-definition broadcasts that are ramping up in Europe.

The chip is an application specific standard product (ASSP), that features a video processing engine that was co-developed with Fujitsu Laboratories Limited. By also including a proprietary picture quality adjustment tool that makes it possible for picture adjustment parameters to be easily set simply by using a mouse, the new LSI enables TV set makers to dramatically improve their design efficiencies for picture quality settings.

Furthermore, SoC integration of the video processing engine and multi-decoder allow common memory to be used, enabling use of the chip by simply adding two 16-bit external memories and thereby reducing TV set makers’ costs and development cycles for both design development and manufacturing.

Sample shipment of this new SoC will start from mid-October 2008.

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