[opendtv] Re: Pros/Cons of DSP processor based MPEG software decoder or hardware based MPEG decoder

  • From: "Tom McMahon" <TLM@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:57:51 -0800

Here's a stab at announced H.264/AVC product.  This dates from July 2004:

Ahead Software / ATEME
Amphion
Apple Computer
British Telecom
Broadcom / Sand Video (chips)
Conexant (chipset for STB)
Cradle
Deutsche Telekom
DG2L
Dicas
DSP Research / W&W Communications
Emblaze Group
Envivio
Equator
FastVDO
France Telecom
Hantro
Harmonic (filtering and motion estimation)
HHI (PC & DSP encode & decode; demos)
i3 Micro Technology
iVast
Intel
KDDI R&D Labs
Ligos
LSI Logic / Videolocus
Mainconcept
Mcubeworks
Media Excel
Mobile Video Imaging
Mobilygen
Modulus Video (main profile levels 3 & 4 b'cast encoders & professional-use 
decoders)
Moonlight Cordless
Motorola
Neomagic
Nokia
Oki Electric
Optibase
Packetvideo
PixelTools
PixSil Technology
Polycom (videoconferencing & MCUs)
Prodys
Radvision (videoconferencing)
Richcore
Samsung (Terrestrial DMB receiver)
Scientific Atlanta
Setabox
SkyStream Networks
Sony (encode & decode, software & hardware, including PlayStation Portable 2004 
& videoconferencing systems)
ST Micro (decoder chip in '03)
Tandberg (shipping with all videoconferencing endpoints since July '03, GW and 
MCU since Oct.)
TandbergTV
Tektronix
Techno Mathematical
Telesuite
thin multimedia
Thomson
TI (DSP partner with UBV for one of two UBV real-time implementations)
Toshiba
Tuxia
UB Video (demoed real-time encode and decode, software and DSP implementations)
Videosoft / Vanguard Software Solutions (s/w, enc/dec)
VideoTele.com (a division of Tut Systems)
VCON
Vqual
W&W Communications / DSP Research


-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Donald Koeleman
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:03 PM


Could we, by combined effort, come up with a list of who is offering/developing 
h.264 and or wm9/vc1 decoder chips? Listing if it is
true hardware or a software codec on chip and whether it is HD capable or not.



 
 
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