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News Release from: Design of Systems on Silicon | Subject: Aitana chipset
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2007
200Mbit/s chipset integrates external
components
DS2's Aitana chipsets suit embedded networking in consumer electronics such as XDSL gateways, computers, televisions, set-top boxes and games consoles.
DS2 has released the Aitana 200Mbit/s chipset for the powerline industry, integrating external components into the silicon to deliver the best consumer multimedia experience Each Aitana chipset has an embedded processor, an Ethernet bridge, an IP stack, an applications program interface and software capabilities which make it a self-contained, flexible, adaptable, programmable and easy to embed powerline solution
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The size, performance and price-point of the chipsets suit embedded networking in consumer electronics such as XDSL gateways, computers, televisions, set-top boxes and games consoles.
Aitana technology has been designed with quality of service protocols in mind, so that the chipset manages multiple priority levels within the network.
Data, VoIP, IPTV and video on-demand services are all assigned sufficient network resources to operate simultaneously.
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"DS2 was the first to bring 200Mbit/s powerline networking to global consumers".
"Now with Aitana, and through the addition of new software features and more aggressive integration especially on the analogue front end, we are again the first to develop the most integrated chipset solution for high-performance, low-cost networking applications", Victor Dominguez, Director of Sales, DS2 said.
"With Aitana we have focused on reducing costs and developing applications that consumers and businesses alike will really benefit from".
"This new DS2 Aitana chipset that includes a powerful API makes the process of developing lower cost solutions to deliver secure and uninterrupted IPTV, VoIP and video streaming throughout the home much easier for organisations around the world".
"Making Moore's Law a self-fulfilling prophesy we have reduced the component count down to a minimum, and embedded many more of those components onto our silicon including memory, filters, drivers and lower cost power supplies".
"This not only retains high-performance it also reduces cost and makes the device easier to integrate into a wide range of consumer products, all of which are connected to powerline networks today".
The new Aitana chipset is fully compliant with the Universal Powerline Association's (UPA) Digital Home Standard (DHS) for compatibility with the world's most widely adopted 200Mbit/s powerline technology.
This ensures co-existence and interoperability with other DHS-compliant in-home and access products requiring a share of bandwidth.
The Aitana chipset (DSS9101 and DSS7800) has UPA DHS-compliant MAC and PHY layers, with a powerful embedded media network processor.
The technology includes an 802.1D Ethernet bridge with packet detect and redirect capabilities and a 32bit microcontroller with an embedded TCP/IP networking stack, allowing data packets to be examined, prioritised and forwarded.
The TDMA-based MAC enhances uninterrupted video-streaming and can handle video multi-streaming, neighbour networks and multiple VLANs efficiently by reducing the congestion on the network often associated with CSMA systems.
The analogue component (the DSS7800) includes a 48-pin QFN package that runs off a single 5V supply, with individual power down control for each block of the transmission.
The highly integrated two-chip solution has configurable frequency notching to support global regulatory compliance.
It has hardware-based encryption at strengths of 128bit AES, 256bit AES and 3DES.
The chipset includes SPI, GPIO, TDM/I2S and UART interfaces.
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