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News Release from: SMSC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 8 May 2006
Oki signs for MOST support
SMSC has reached a licensing agreement with Oki Electric enabling its controllers to connect through SMSC's MediaLB interface to a high-performance Media Oriented Systems Transport network
SMSC has reached a licensing agreement with Oki Electric enabling its controllers that target next generation in-car information equipment market, such as digital car-audio systems, to connect through SMSC's MediaLB interface to a high-performance Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) network.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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MOST is a de facto industry standard for automotive multimedia networking deployed by virtually every major European automobile manufacturer.
MOST multimedia networking technology enables new classes of multimedia applications in automobiles.
It facilitates the efficient transport of real-time streaming multimedia, control and packet information over a single optical fibre or twisted pair wire, eliminating the need to run multiple wires throughout a vehicle, and enables automakers to decentralise infotainment functions into various components distributed around the vehicle.
MediaLB, available on all of SMSC's intelligent network interface controllers (INICs), is a low cost, low pin count, serial on-PCB and inter-chip communication standard for multimedia applications.
Its synchronous connection to the MOST network can transport diverse multimedia signals.
'Oki's decision to adopt the MediaLB interface as a conduit for transferring high-speed audio through its SoC devices to the MOST network further validates the performance and flexibility benefits that our bus protocol delivers', said Christian Thiel, Managing Director of SMSC's Automotive Infotainment Systems group.
'MediaLB not only provides a bridge into the vehicle network infrastructure, but it is fast becoming a preferred method for distributing a diverse set of multimedia signals among the ICs inside automotive infotainment devices'.
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