STMICROELECTRONICS DEPLOYS 2ND GENERATION AVC/VC-1 DECODER.

CD Computing News, December, 2005

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has deployed the STB7109, the company's second-generation high-definition AVC and VC-1 decoder. Building on the success of the STB7100, the world's first single-chip AVC and VC-1 decoder launched in January 2005, the STB7109 includes all the features of that device with the addition of improved security, connectivity features and support for emerging DVD format and security standards.

By taking advantage of the greater compression ratios provided by AVC and VC-1, high definition content can be encoded, broadcast and distributed around the home much more efficiently than has been possible with MPEG-2 material. To support this, the STB7109 embeds a high speed Ethernet interface, enabling it to be a central part of the home network...

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