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Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: STMicroelectronics | Subject: STB7100
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 January 2005

Single set-top-box chip goes for high
definition

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STMicroelectronics has developed the world's first single-chip set-top-box (STB) solution supporting the high definition H.264/AVC and VC1 specifications.

STMicroelectronics has developed the world's first single-chip set-top box (STB) solution supporting the high definition H.264/AVC and VC1 specifications, which are poised to enable the next generation of high quality consumer video systems and broadcast services ST is the world's leading supplier of ICs for set-top boxes, and the introduction of the new STB7100 allows manufacturers to introduce products that will enable this market

The extraordinary level of integration of the new device which combines all the STB functions and multi-standard decoding circuitry into a single chip, rather than being an addon processor for an existing product coupled