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News Release from: Silicon Image | Subject: PinnaClear SiI9223 and SiI9127 receivers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 January 2008
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The SiI9223 supports Silicon Image's MHL, enabling mobile devices such as digital cameras and camera phones to connect to and display high-definition content on digital televisions
Silicon Image has released the PinnaClear SiI9223 four-port receiver and the SiI9127 two-port receiver, two new high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) integrated receivers that deliver the most advanced HDMI 1.3 HDTV features, including 1080p deep colour and the x.v.colour expanded colour gamut The new SiI9223 integrated receiver supports Silicon Image's new Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL), an industry first that enables mobile devices such as digital cameras and camera phones to connect to and display high-definition content on digital televisions (DTVs)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SiI9223 and SiI9127 support 10bit and 12bit deep colour depths (4:4:4 RGB or YCbCr).
The SiI9223 and SiI9127 implement a new power management scheme to ensure very low standby power consumption through an innovation known as "power islands".
Power islands isolate CEC and EDID functions to ensure that only the minimum active circuitry necessary consumes standby power.
Both devices feature built-in support for the consumer electronic control (CEC) functionality and integrated extended display identification data (EDID).
CEC enables manufacturers to add a broad set of command and control functions that, when deployed, can revolutionise the way devices behave in a system and allow users to control multiple CEC-enabled devices with a single remote control.
Silicon Image's implementation of low-power standby mode enables CEC and EDIDs to function with 5V HDMI cable power from source devices such as DVD players, set-top boxes and game consoles.
Silicon Image offers one of the most robust and comprehensively tested technology platforms in the consumer electronics industry.
Silicon Image's experience associated with shipping more than 100 million HDMI/HDCP and DVI/HDCP semiconductor solutions helps to significantly improve cross-product interoperability.
Silicon Image implements HDCP using its own copyrighted firmware stack and performs a triple validation process in the programming of its HDCP keys to prevent duplicate key programming, selective authentication problems and corruptions.
This validation, complemented by the most advanced and thorough testing program through Simplay Labs, allows manufacturers to virtually eliminate issues with cross platform compatibility.
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