Broadcom Corporation’s advanced 65nm real-time, high definition (HD) encoder/transcoder solution is a single-chip transcoder that enables a wide range of consumer devices - with varying video and audio formats - to share a wide variety of video and audio content while maintaining a high degree of digital rights management and security.
The BCM7043 is the foundation for capturing audio and video content, and for reconciling disparate video and audio content in cable, satellite and IPTV set-top boxes, home media centers, portable media players, cellphones and a wide range of entertainment devices for the connected home. It shares non-compatible video and audio content by transcoding (or matching) it to the proper format being used by a particular playback device. It provides up-to-date foundational technology for encoding and transcoding content in cable, satellite, IPTV and terrestrial set-top boxes, portable media players, cellphones, home media centers, personal video recorders, digital video recorders, HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and universal DVD players/recorders, and personal computers.
The BCM7043 also provides the encoding and transcoding foundation for future devices that support H.264/AVC, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4SP video compression. Its security features (which are particularly important to content owners), and its real-time high definition media encoding and transcoding capabilities make it ideally suited for home entertainment and network applications.
Broadcom Corporation, www.broadcom.com
