CEVA's IP optimizes size, cost of mobile TV chips

The first offering is the MM2200, a single-processor multimedia solution. Because all multimedia processing, application tasks and system tasks are handled by a single processor, the silicon size and bill of materials is significantly reduced.

The Mobile-Media-Lite solutions are fully programmable platforms that feature a high-performance CEVA-X1620 DSP core, a small set of level-1 associated memories, a multimedia-optimized DSP subsystem, a complete suite of optimized multimedia codecs and a multimedia applications layer.

Catering to the mobile TV player market, MM2200 supports H.264 decode at CIF resolution 30fps while simultaneously decoding an AAC stream and synchronizing the audio and video. MM2200 also supports MPEG4 decode up to VGA resolution 30fps, making it a perfect fit for entry-level PMPs and MP4 players. CEVA plans to introduce a second member in the Mobile-Media-Lite family, the MM2100 shortly. Specifically designed for heterogeneous architectures that already include a CPU, the MM2100 utilizes CEVA's multimedia technology as a dedicated multimedia co-processor, supporting H.264 decoding up to SD resolution in addition to a complete set of audio and imaging codecs.

The MM2100 architecture utilizes any available CPU processing power for control oriented tasks, part of the video codec processing or the application layer. MM2100 enables flexibility through its software programmable architecture and eliminates the need for hardware blocks commonly used to accelerate video processing in multimedia SoCs.

More information is available at www.ceva-dsp.com/mobile-media.