MIPS-teknologi har fået fodfæste i Android-applikationer

ViXX er blandt de stigende antal virksomheder, der vælger at basere Android-baserede systemer på en MIPS processorplatform (in english).

MIPS Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, has announced that ViXS Systems Inc. will demonstrate
the Android platform running on its MIPS-Based XCode 4200 family of Integrated Chipsets at COMPUTEX TAIPEI this week.

The XCode 4200 family is a fully-integrated dual HD transcoder SoC family designed specifically for Blu-ray, NAS (network-attached storage), IPTV/cable/satellite set-top boxes, home gateways and other consumer entertainment devices.

A global leader in innovative and advanced networked multimedia solutions, ViXS separately today introduced an Android software development kit (SDK) for the flagship IC XCode 4210. ViXS joins a growing list of innovative companies leveraging Android on the MIPS architecture to create the next generation of connected entertainment
devices.

- Next generation connected entertainment platforms will require a full web experience and a rich graphical user interface with high-performance processing, full HD, 3D graphics and other advanced functionality, says Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS Technologies.

- With the increasing number of formats and standards, real-time transcoding technology is clearly a must for Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, home gateways, and other advanced digital home products, and this is the first time we are seeing it available for Android. With the high-performance, feature-rich XCode 4210, ViXS is really taking advantage of the power of the MIPS architecture.

- The functionality and processing power of the XCode 4210 in combination with the MIPS architecture provides a feature rich platform for Android. This platform allows our customers to access the suite of applications available with Android and to provide a truly connected experience to the consumer, says Sally Daub, president and CEO, ViXS
Systems.

Specifically designed for 3D TV applications, the XCode 4210 includes full 3D TV display formatting capability, 2D/3D graphics rendering, and the latest H.264 Multi-view Codec (MVC) 3D TV decoding standard. The XCode(R) 4210 delivers user performance in excess of 3,200 DMIPS distributed over a main MIPS MIPS32 74Kf applications processor and two offload processors, all simultaneously running their own real time operating systems.

The XCode 4210 simultaneously encodes, decodes and transcodes HD video up to 1080p60/50. It has the ability to transcrypt and transcode many forms of multimedia content to many multimedia and container formats.

This enables seamless streaming, downloading and sideloading to a wide range of connected consumer entertainment devices, such as set-top boxes, PC/laptops, DTVs, game consoles, Blu-ray players, DLNA clients, wireless tablets and smart phones. With ViXS' real-time transcryption, protected content remains secure between devices, and its real-time transcoding provides streaming efficiency to save bandwidth and increase storage capacity.