Highly Integrated TC90400XBG/FG SoCs Take Aim at Digital TV Applications With
Support for Worldwide TV Standards
SAN JOSE, Calif., Embedded Systems Conference, April 4 /PRNewswire/ --
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)* today disclosed its
reference platform strategy for support of digital TV (DTV) applications along
with a portfolio of products that will include high-, mid- and low-end
system-on-a-chip (SoC) ICs ranging in performance, levels of integration and
price. The company also announced the availability of the first two members
of a family of products to serve the low-end and mid-range market. Designated
TC90400XBG and TC90400FG, the devices are targeted at digital TV applications
and are highly integrated SoC solutions with comprehensive support for
worldwide TV standards. Systems based on TC90400XBG also support hard-disk
drive applications. TAEC will be demonstrating the SoCs in booth #1510 at the
Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2006 here this week.
"Our digital TV rollout is a continuation of our overarching strategy to
offer complete platform solutions for focused segments," said Shardul Kazi,
vice president of the ASSP Business Unit at TAEC. "To reduce time to market
for our consumer electronics customers, we support all aspects of hardware and
software development, including reference designs, drivers and firmware,
operating systems, ATSC middleware, and application and user interface
development tools. Our customers face a highly competitive market and a
streamlined design process is essential for their success." Mr. Kazi noted
that a driving force in this market is the Congressional mandate that U.S.
broadcast television service completely convert to digital terrestrial
transmission by 2009.
"Our TC90400XBG and TC90400FG single-chip ICs are highly integrated,
cost-effective SoC solutions for the next generation of digital TVs and
set-top boxes and can support hard-disk drive and DVD implementations," Mr.
Kazi continued. "Suitable for both terrestrial- and pay-TV environments, they
provide a common platform for U.S., European and Japanese standards. We offer
a complete hardware evaluation platform as well as application-specific
modules based on the TC90400 family to help our customers reduce product
development time significantly and get a jump on competition."
Summary of Digital TV Offering
Toshiba's digital TV product portfolio is comprised of two families of
highly integrated SoCs that support high-end to low-end digital TV
applications. Toshiba currently offers the TC81240A chip (high-definition
stream to high-definition display) for high-end DTV applications; this device
is in mass production now. The SoC family (high-definition stream to half
horizontal resolution or standard-definition display) that TAEC launched today
serves mid- to low-end DTV applications. Additional products are in
development to round out both families and are expected to be introduced over
the next 12 to 18 months. Toshiba supports all hardware and software
development requirements with reference designs, drivers and firmware,
operating systems, ATSC middleware, and application and user interface
development tools. Currently available for rapid product development are the
following:
- Hardware: TC81240A global digital TV reference system, TC90400 global
digital TV reference system, TC90400 LCD digital TV reference system
and TC90400 digital-to-analog TV converter module
- System software: Linux(R) operating system port support as well as
driver and firmware for each chip
- Middleware: ATSC, DVB and ARIB middleware that supports worldwide TV
standards
- Application development tools and an electronics programming guide
Summary of the TC90400XBG and TC90400FG Single-Chip Solutions
TC90400XBG and TC90400FG are highly integrated SoCs for digital TV that
incorporate a high-performance 64-bit MIPS-based(TM) RISC host processor and
three highly optimized DSP processors for compute-intensive multimedia tasks.
They support worldwide TV standards, including ATSC, DVB and ARIB. The SoCs
are capable of decoding multiple standard-definition streams or single
high-definition streams and can display content in standard-definition
resolution (720 x 480) or high-definition resolution (up to 960 x 1080 or up
to 1080i resolution). Both chips can output standard 480i analog output to
support VCRs or to feed CRT TV to display digital transmission. They support
a unified 16-bit DDR memory system as well as a NAND and NOR flash memory
controller to reduce overall system cost.
Highlights of the TC90400XBG/FG SoCs include the following features common
to both chips:
- A 180MHz TX49/L3 64-bit MIPS RISC core with 8KB instruction cache and
8KB data cache, a unified memory system, a DDR SDRAM controller plus
NAND and NOR flash memory support
- A transport stream processor that is fully compliant to ATSC, ARIB and
DVB standards. It provides simultaneous de-multiplexing of up to three
streams, has two TS inputs, supports hard-disk drive recording or
playback, and has a descrambler for Multi2, DES/TDES, DVB and AES
- A video decoder for standard-definition decoding. It supports either
single or dual MPEG-2 (MP@ML and MP@SL) decoding and MPEG-1 decoding.
It also offers both fixed and variable bit rate up to 15Mbits/sec, has
trick-mode support for hard-disk drive playback and single I-frame
decoding.
- A video decoder for high-definition decoding. It supports MPEG-2
decoding for MP@HL for the ATSC and BS-Digital standards.
High-definition decoding can be displayed in half horizontal resolution
up to 960 x 1080 and is 720p or 1080i compliant. It also has
high-definition to standard-definition down-conversion for display in
standard-definition resolution.
- Built-in audio processor with MPEG-audio, Dolby AC-3 and AAC decoding.
It provides multi-stream decoding for up to three streams and audio
post-processing with several firmware options.
- A graphics engine with two planes for YUV/graphics, video scaling from
six to 1/16, alpha blending, and progressive scan with I/P conversion
through line-interpolation.
- Provide a wide range of interfaces and peripherals
- Has power-down and standby operations
- Packaging: TC90400XBG is housed in a 272-pin PBGA package while
TC90400FG is offered in a 208-pin QFP package
- Supports MontaVista(R) Linux from MontaVista Software, Inc.
Pricing and Availability
Samples of TC90400XBG and TC90400FG are currently available and the chips
are in volume production. Pricing ranges from $10.00 to $18.00 in
100,000-piece quantities (based on a one-year volume commitment).
Reference boards now available include the TC90400 global digital TV
reference system, TC90400 LCD digital TV reference system and TC90400
digital-to-analog TV converter module.
For a product brief, please visit:
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/components/Generic/mpu_prodbriefs.jsp
*About TAEC
Combining quality and flexibility with design engineering expertise, TAEC
brings a breadth of advanced, next-generation technologies to its customers.
This broad offering includes memory and flash memory-based storage solutions,
a broad range of discrete devices, displays, medical tubes, ASICs, custom
SOCs, microprocessors, microcontrollers and wireless components for the
computing, wireless, networking, automotive and digital consumer markets.
TAEC is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a
subsidiary of Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba), Japan's second largest semiconductor
manufacturer and the world's ninth largest integrated manufacturer of electric
and electronic equipment. In almost 130 years of operation, Toshiba has
recorded numerous firsts and made many valuable contributions to technology
and society. For additional company and product information, please visit
TAEC's website at chips.toshiba.com. For technical inquiries, please e-mail
Tech.Questions@taec.toshiba.com.
Information in this press release, including product pricing and
specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and
believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to
change without prior notice. Technical and application information contained
here is subject to the most recent applicable Toshiba product specifications.
In developing designs, please ensure that Toshiba products are used within
specified operating ranges as set forth in the most recent Toshiba product
specifications and the information set forth in Toshiba's "Handling Guide for
Semiconductor Devices," or "Toshiba Semiconductor Reliability Handbook." This
information is available at http://www.chips.toshiba.com, or from your TAEC
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