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News Release from: STMicroelectronics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 January 2005
Set-top SoC puts DVR in
Scientific-Atlanta box
STMicroelectronics and Scientific-Atlanta are in full production with a jointly developed highly integrated cable set-top box chip.
STMicroelectronics and Scientific-Atlanta are in full production with a jointly developed highly integrated cable set-top box chip This new chip combines advanced set-top box and silicon technologies from both ST and Scientific-Atlanta to achieve a benchmark in system on silicon integration
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This system-on-chip (SoC) contains over 56 million transistors and provides high-definition, digital-video recording, and other video-processing functions in a state-of-the-art silicon chip with advanced packaging.
The new chip supports Scientific-Atlanta's innovative Multi-Room DVR.
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Viewers can watch different recorded programs in each room or they can watch the same program, but at different points in the show.
"ST and Scientific-Atlanta have worked together for the past ten years to produce highly innovative solutions for the cable industry, and our relationship sets and achieves aggressive goals".
"In this generation we have completed a leap in system-on-chip solutions", says Roger Walker, General Manager of the Operator Division of ST's Home Entertainment Group.
"This new generation extends both companies' technology leadership in cable high definition and DVR solutions".
"Scientific-Atlanta strives to create forward-looking products that provide our customers with a platform that offers flexibility and choice", said Burchall Cooper, Vice President and General Manager, Product Strategy and Development for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta.
"Our collaboration with ST helps keep us on the cutting edge of technology while providing our customers with revenue-generating products and services now and in the future".
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