Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: TMS320C64xT DSP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 16 September 2002
DSP runs next-generation Windows media
Enabling IP-based streaming media appliance OEMs to capture the next wave in digital media, Texas Instruments has ported the Windows Media 9 Series encoder onto its TMS320C64xT DSP platform
With its 600MHz processing power, TI's C64x DSP platform will highlight the many improvements in Microsoft's newest platform. TI will demonstrate these latest capabilities at the International Broadcasting Convention, starting today in Amsterdam. Offering enhanced video and bitrate quality capabilities, the Windows Media 9 Series on TI's DSP platform gives broadcast, video infrastructure and digital media client equipment OEMs dramatic improvements in streaming and buffering across distribution networks.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 September 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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'Digital media has the potential to redefine the possibilities for new services over the Internet and with companies around the world', said Jonathan Usher, Director of Marketing, Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft.
'By working with Texas Instruments, we believe this will enable the state of the art audio and video quality of Windows Media 9 Series to be used by the professional broadcast community in totally new ways for both IP and broadcast delivery'.
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'As a market leader in the provision of open solutions for the digital broadcasting of audio, data and video across various networks, having the latest software technology available is critical to our success', said Tim Sheppard, director of strategic development for Tandberg Television.
'Texas Instruments' successful porting of the Microsoft Windows Media 9 series encoder provides an attractive option for professional media markets'.
TI will demonstrate a beta version of the Windows Media 9 Series encoder running on TI's recently announced network video developers kit (NVDK) at 720x480 D1 resolution, 30 frame/s.
TI's NVDK provides OEMs with the key hardware and software elements needed to accelerate their development time.
A production release version of the NVDK with the Windows Media 9 Series encoder will be available in January 2003.
'With this implementation of the Windows Media 9 Series encoder on an embedded programmable digital media platform, TI is offering its customers the best mix of price/performance and power consumption for IP-based streaming media appliances', said Eric Braddom, worldwide manager, video and imaging business unit at Texas Instruments.
'Previously, the Windows Media 9 Series encoders were available at this performance level only on PC-based microprocessors.
TI's C64x DSP digital media platform is an attractive option for the next generation of high performance embedded digital media applications'.
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