Product category: Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe | Subject: MB86391
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 February 2004
MPEG encoder hits the streets
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe and Oasis SiliconSystems have combined to develop reference designs for multimedia car systems including Fujitsu's MPEG encoder
The new products are called VideoCompressor 4 MOST and DVDPlayer 4 MOST. In addition, mycable, an innovative R and D company focussed on embedded multimedia, control and network systems, is using several Fujitsu components in its projects. In particular it is concentrating on the receiver element of a MOST system entitled the "XXS3HC", which includes Fujitsu's SmartMPEG and Coral P graphic display controller.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 February 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The combination of Fujitsu's MPEG devices with MOST technology from Oasis brings a new dimension to multimedia car systems", commented Johannes Richter, Multimedia Director at Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe.
"As global car manufacturers adopt the MOST standard, they require one-stop technical solutions that deliver superior performance, low price points, and ease of implementation", said Herbert Hetzel, President and CEO.
"By working together, Fujitsu and Oasis can accelerate time-to-market for our customers in providing the means to deliver new classes of MOST-enabled embedded in-car consumer solutions".
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mycable's XXS3HC is a modular evaluation development and prototyping system for high-end embedded multimedia systems based on credit card size modules with a high density PCI interface.
Michael Carstens-Behrens, Managing Director at mycable says: "mycable's XXS3HC combines a high level of system integration and performance with low power consumption, scalability and cost efficiency".
Fujitsu offers market-leading MPEG devices, the MPEG encoder (MB86391) and MPEG-2 decoder (MB86H22) - also called SmartMPEG - which fulfil critical requirements for silicon components used in automotive applications, eg extended temperature range, and low power dissipation.
Both devices, when combined with the Fujitsu graphic display controllers, such as the Coral P, provide a complete solution for car navigation and entertainment systems.
Based on a fibre-optic bus, MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) has emerged as the automotive industry's high-speed digital networking standard.
It serves as the backbone technology of in-car infotainment systems.
The use of the MOST networking technology permits car manufacturers and suppliers to easily add a host of multimedia devices, such as CD players, AM/ FM radios, TVs, DVD players, navigation systems, cell phones, and in-car PCs, as modular functions in the automotive environment, while meeting the specific requirements of any vehicle.
Already cars like the Audi A8, the BMW 7, 5 and 6 series, the E and S class of Mercedes-Benz up to the superior models of Rolls-Royce and Maybach, and also the Smart Roadster, among others, contain a MOST network, a total of 20 models at the end of 2003.
It is set to reach more car models in the mid-range platforms like the Daimler A and C class, and the BMW 1 and 3 series bringing mass-produced MOST cars onto the road in 2004.
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