Demo of First Platform With H.26L at Embedded Systems Conference
HOUSTON, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- H.26L, the emerging video coding draft
standard from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), is now
available on the high-performance TMS320C64x(TM) DSP family from Texas
Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI). With third party partners, UB
Video Inc. and Ingenient Technologies, TI is the first to deliver this new
video coding technology designed for video telephony, video conferencing and
streaming media applications. The H.26L video coding on the C64x(TM) DSP
family offers excellent picture quality, very high code efficiency, low
processing delay and error resilience to packet loss and bit errors. (See
http://www.ti.com/sc/wireddm .)
The H.26L/C64x offering enables video and imaging OEMs to get high-quality
products to market faster while the draft standard is being finalized. With
TI's fully programmable and software upgradeable C64x family of DSPs, any
changes made to the H.26L standard can be addressed in software, without any
expense of hardware redesign. Video coding technology includes on average
35 percent bit rate savings over ISO MPEG-4 video and higher quality video at
a variety of bit rates. Additionally, the H.26L codec offers improved network
connectivity and ease of use, and provides additional flexibility in handling
image delay. For consumers, H.26L offers near VHS-quality digital video,
improving the viewing experience of the video function on fixed and portable
devices.
"The implementation of H.26L on TI's C64x DSP family enables video and
imaging customers to develop high-quality, fully upgradeable products," said
Vishal Markandey, Distinguished Member Technical Staff, TI DSP Video and
Imaging. "This new offering demonstrates the C64x platform's flexibility to
manage evolving video standards and formats."
As with several emerging standards, TI has dedicated research and
development resources toward H.26L and participates in its standardization
both as an MPEG delegate and as an ITU-T member. TI has made technical
contributions to several parts of the H.26L standard, including entropy
coding, transform and quantization, intra prediction and multiple frame
prediction.
DSP Family Appropriate for New Standard
Utilizing 0.13 micron copper process technology, TI's C64x DSP core
combines the highest performance and lowest power consumption of any available
DSP on the market today. The C64x DSP family currently operates at up to
600 megahertz (MHz), delivering significant performance in advanced video and
imaging applications. The C64x family is also fully programmable and software
upgradeable.
"The C64x represents an ideal and powerful platform on which to develop
our H.26L based video processing solution," said Dr. Faouzi Kossentini,
president and CEO, UB Video. "The high-performance and functionality of this
DSP family allowed UB Video to develop the world's first H.26L based real-time
video encoding/decoding software for TV-resolution video."
"Our implementation of H.26L will take full advantage of the C64x's
special features," said Sami Levi, president and CEO, Ingenient Technologies.
"By leveraging algorithm optimizations that have already achieved market-
winning, high-performance MPEG video solutions for TI DSPs, Ingenient will
utilize the powerful new H.26L coding tools on the C64x for maximum coding
gains at minimum complexity. TI's robust platform is an excellent selection
for H.26L, offering the highest performance and lowest power consumption of
any DSP available on the market."
C64x DSPs are supported by TI's eXpressDSP(TM) Real-Time Software
Technology, including the Code Composer Studio(TM) v2 Integrated Development
Environment (IDE), the industry's most sophisticated DSP IDE and the
DSP/BIOS(TM) real-time kernel. TI's library of DSP and imaging software
modules, best-in-class software development tools and eXpressDSP-compliant
products from the DSP industry's largest third party network all add up to
faster time to market for the designers of video and imaging applications.
Demo and Product Availability
TI and UB Video will demonstrate the H.26L implementation on the C64x DSP
based development platform at the 2002 Embedded Systems Conference,
March 13-15, 2002, in booth # 502S. The conference will be held at the
Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif.
Other evaluation tools, including TI's C6000(TM) Imaging Developer Kit
(IDK) and the C6416(TM) test and evaluation board (TEB), are available now
from TI's authorized distributors. UB Video's H.26L/C64x products are
scheduled to be available in late second quarter of 2002. Ingenient
Technologies plans to roll out H.26L technology-based products on the C64x DSP
family and TI's digital media platform for portable devices in the third
quarter of 2002. Upgrades to the software will also be available as the
standard evolves in the market. Customers interested in products should
contact UB Video and Ingenient at http://www.ubvideo.com and http://www.ingenient.com ,
respectively. A downloadable technical paper from UB Video on the emerging
H.26L standard and the TI C64x implementation is available at
http://www.ti.com/sc/wiredh261 .
About TI
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processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet
age. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors &
Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than
25 countries.
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