High Definition Real Time Video Encoder - LSI Corporation

LSI introduced the High Definition (HD) real-time video encoder to support 1080p60 High Definition formats. The DX-1810, first member of Domino[X] Pro is a scalable platform that supports compression technology such as MPEG-2, H.264  and VC-1. The LSI DX-1810 is ideal encoding solution for TV broadcasting and DVD systems.

Bob Saffari, LSI Corporation, said:

With the advent of display and digital TV technologies supporting full High Definition video, content providers, service operators and system manufacturers are exploring ways to deliver premium content to consumers.

Unlike point solutions that only support a single standard with limited capabilities, the LSI DX-1810 scalable HD encoding platform is programmable, flexible and has the high performance our customers need to deliver best-in-class H.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1 solutions. With approximately 3.5 TOPS of processing power, our customers can develop and customize sophisticated algorithms to give them a competitive advantage.

Using interconnected media processors with special high-speed interfaces, the DX-1810 High Definition video encoder platform can be scaled to perform at 3500 billion operations per second for audio-video processing and 12 BOPS for high-level image analysis, statistical multiplexing and system level operations. The scalability of the LSI solution allows additional media processors to be added for HD level pre-processing such as motion compensated temporal filtering  to improve video quality or to create dual- or triple-pass HD encoders for bandwidth constrained multi-channel broadcast applications.

The High Definition real-time encoder will be showcased at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, April 16-19 in Las Vegas.

The DX-1810 HD encoder also features a programmable architecture with common APIs. This feature makes it easy to upgrade the encoding quality and reduce the output bit-rate as improvements are made to the H.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1 encoding algorithms or to support new compression formats as they become available.
Reducing development risk and system-level costs, the LSI DX-1810 High Definition encoder is backwards compatible with other LSI encoding solutions, allowing re-use of previously developed software.

Source: High Definition (HD) Real-Time Video Encoder