Expressions of Interest High Definition Set-Top-Box System ... - ASTRI
Expressions of Interest High Definition Set-Top-Box System ... - ASTRI
Expressions of Interest High Definition Set-Top-Box System ... - ASTRI
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<strong>Expressions</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Interest</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>Definition</strong> <strong>Set</strong>-<strong>Top</strong>-<strong>Box</strong> <strong>System</strong>-on-Chip Turn Key Solution<br />
The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company<br />
Limited (<strong>ASTRI</strong>) is wholly-owned and funded by the HKSAR Government.<br />
<strong>ASTRI</strong>’s public missions are directed towards stimulating the growth <strong>of</strong> technology<br />
based companies in Hong Kong by carrying out research and development projects<br />
in selected technology areas and transferring the results to industry for<br />
commercialization.<br />
<strong>ASTRI</strong> has completed the development <strong>of</strong> a low cost and high performance <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>Definition</strong> <strong>Set</strong> <strong>Top</strong> <strong>Box</strong> (HD STB) <strong>System</strong> on Chip (SoC), taped out and chip<br />
verified, and ported production-quality STB s<strong>of</strong>tware on the SoC chip with<br />
cost-optimized reference Printed Circuit Board (PCB).<br />
The STB SoC turn key solution package developed by <strong>ASTRI</strong> includes the following<br />
components:<br />
1. Multi-format Low Cost <strong>High</strong> Perfornance HD STB SoC<br />
This HD STB SoC is based on CMOS 130nm ASIC technology. It uses the<br />
<strong>ASTRI</strong> enhanced 32-bit Open-RISC Multi-Core Processors with internal<br />
CACHE memory, supporting 300 MHz clock rates and running an embedded<br />
operating system (OS). The SoC will support the following features and modules:<br />
• Fully compliant H.264/MPEG2/RMVB/VP6/VP7/VP8/VC1 video decoders<br />
• Real time full HD – 1920 x 1080P<br />
• DDR2 controller and PHY<br />
• HDMI controller and PHY<br />
• USB controller and PHY<br />
• Video DAC<br />
• PLL<br />
• HD 1080P display controller<br />
• TS demux video stream processor<br />
• Host Processor<br />
• Audio Processor<br />
• TV Encoder<br />
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• Smart Card interface<br />
• Peripherals: Flash Controller, I2C, I2S, SPDIF, Ethernet, GPIO, UART,<br />
32-64 DMA bridge<br />
• Power Management Unit<br />
2. Low Cost Reference PCB Platform<br />
• Completely optimized for final HD STB product<br />
• RTOS and all the necessary peripheral drivers<br />
3. S<strong>of</strong>tware Development Kit (SDK) and S<strong>of</strong>tware Drivers<br />
• Linux OS and API porting<br />
• Audio driver/firmware<br />
4. STB Application S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
<strong>ASTRI</strong>’s HD-STB SoC turn key solution package can reach the market within a<br />
short time frame, and <strong>of</strong>fers a significant competitive advantage for multimedia<br />
consumer electronic devices such as networked digital TV, set top box, portable<br />
media centre and etc.<br />
<strong>ASTRI</strong> is making this technology available for industry partners such as IC design<br />
houses, consumer electronic product manufacturers and end-equipment ODM/OEM<br />
companies, and are soliciting proposals for various collaboration research and<br />
development models, including but not limited to non-exclusive/exclusive licensing<br />
and spin-<strong>of</strong>f.<br />
<strong>Interest</strong>ed parties are invited to submit expressions <strong>of</strong> interest to <strong>ASTRI</strong>, 3rd Floor,<br />
Building 6, No. 2 Science Park West Avenue, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, New<br />
Territories, Hong Kong (with reference to “<strong>Expressions</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Interest</strong>”); or email us at<br />
biz@astri.org on or before close <strong>of</strong> business on July 01, 2012. The submission<br />
should include details <strong>of</strong> the company’s pr<strong>of</strong>ile and the preliminary proposal on the<br />
cooperation, which includes future business strategies, capital expenditure<br />
requirements, management team composition, revenue projection, cost estimation,<br />
funding requirements and <strong>of</strong>fer price.<br />
For further information about <strong>ASTRI</strong>, please visit our website at www.astri.org, or<br />
email us at biz@astri.org.<br />
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