STMicroelectronics Launches the World’s First Single-Chip Solution for Multi-Standard High Definition TV, DVD, Set-Top Boxes and Car Multimedia Center

STMicroelectronics Launches the World's First Single-Chip Solution for Multi-Standard High Definition TV, DVD, Set-Top Boxes and Car Multimedia Center

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has today announced the world's first single-chip Set-top Box (STB) solution supporting the High Definition H.264/AVC and VC1 specifications, which are poised to enable the next generation of high quality consumer video systems and broadcast services. ST is the world's leading supplier of ICs for set-top boxes, and the introduction of the new STB7100 allows manufacturers to in-troduce products that will enable this market.

Highly integrated HDTV decoder for the latest video compression technologies supports H.264/AVC, VC1/Windows Media 9 Series and Dual MPEG-2

The extraordinary level of integration of the new device – which combines all the STB func-tions and multi-standard decoding circuitry into a single chip, rather than being an add-on processor for an existing product – coupled with its production using ST's state-of-the-art 90nm process technology, results in the most cost-efficient solution and minimizes both de-sign and production costs for STB makers.