Product category: Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: MathStar
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 22 March 2007
Arrays to host HD video for hotels
MathStar is working with LG Electronics on a solution that supports the migration to MPEG-4 high-definition video technology in the lodging industry.
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MathStar is working with LG Electronics (LGE) on a solution that supports the migration to MPEG-4 high-definition (HD) video technology in the lodging industry. MPEG-4 is a multimedia standard produced by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). After an exhaustive evaluation process, LGE selected MathStar's Arrix field programmable object array (FPOA) technology for high-definition 'transcoders' that deliver satellite HD programming to hotel rooms.
Specifically, the MathStar chipset in LG's transcoder reformats H.264 MPEG-4 satellite signals so they may be displayed on existing MPEG-2 receivers.
'MathStar's FPOA technology combines the high performance and re-programmability needed to effectively deploy high-definition video', said Doug Pihl, MathStar CEO.
'We are pleased to be working with LG Electronics, a long-time HD advocate, the lodging industry's market leader and a company that has always been at the forefront of video technology'.
Richard M Lewis, Senior Vice President, Technology and Research, for LG's US R and D subsidiary, said: 'Programmable logic technology from MathStar was critical to allowing our satellite transcoders to support a large installed base of legacy TV receivers'.
'In turn, these transcoders are important components in LG's end-to-end solution for bringing HD content to guest rooms'.
MathStar's investment in the professional video market includes a professional video library of IP cores, FPOA development software and an FPOA evaluation system for application development.
The Arrix family is MathStar's second generation of high performance, reprogrammable FPOAs.
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