Tality Licenses Digital Set Top Box IP to Techsan
Accelerates Development of Windows, Linux and VxWorks Systems For Interactive Home Media Applications
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002--Tality
Corporation today announced it has licensed its Multimedia Home
Platform (MHP) intellectual property (IP) portfolio for digital
set-top boxes to Techsan Electronics Company Ltd. The comprehensive IP
portfolio significantly reduces the time to develop and bring to
market next generation MHP set-top boxes using the IBM
PowerPC®-based STB04xxx chipset.
Tality provides set top box developers an MHP 1.0.2 compliant
implementation augmented by a comprehensive media application library.
The base implementation includes a complete Software Development Kit
(SDK), a Porting Kit (PK) and an extensive set of sample MHP
applications, including Enhanced Programming Guide (EPG), Email and
personal video recorder (PVR). The Java(TM) Media Framework (JMF)
component-based Porting Kit allows for fast migration of the MHP
implementation from the reference designs to actual production
hardware. The SDK enables the development of applications on
Windows®, Linux® and VxWorks®-based development systems and on
set-top boxes running Linux or VxWorks. Tality has also integrated web
browsers, email clients, games and 3rd party MHP applications into its
MHP stack.
Tality"s MHP-based IP has been paired with Skelmir"s CEE-J(TM)
virtual machine technology, which is easily ported and available for a
wide array of processors and operating systems. Skelmir"s solution is
a fast, proven and compact virtual machine technology for embedded
devices with advanced graphical capabilities ideal for Digital TV
display. Tality"s MHP Middleware has been ported to IBM"s STB04xxx
Evaluation Kit with MontaVista(TM) Linux® embedded Linux operating
system.
"Techsan chose the Tality MHP and Skelmir Virtual Machine
implementation because it offered the best available solution for an
MHP compliant Set Top Box," said Simon Roh, Director of Techsan. "The
process of integrating the stacks with Techsan"s software,
MontaVista"s Linux software and IBM PPC-based hardware is proving to
be remarkably smooth and will culminate in a fast, feature-rich and
cost-effective platform."
About MHP
The MHP specification is an open standard that defines a generic
interface between interactive digital applications and their terminal
devices, enabling the development of applications executable on
multiple terminal device types, regardless of their architecture. Such
devices include set-top boxes, home and media gateways, integrated
digital TV sets and multimedia PCs. The specification was developed by
Digital Video Broadcast Project (DVB), an industry-led consortium of
over 300 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software
developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries,
committed to designing global standards for the delivery of digital
television and data services. Conformance testing is under the
supervision of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
(ETSI).
Tality licenses MHP software to consumer electronics manufacturers
broadcast and network operators, content providers and application
developers. Its highly portable and scaleable MHP solution is uniquely
positioned to offer value to customers seeking a cost effective and
efficient path to MHP.
About Techsan
Techsan is a Korean high volume manufacturer that has been
designing and manufacturing digital Set Top Boxes since 1997. During
that time Techsan has developed a large range of digital satellite,
terrestrial and cable Set Top Box products including Free To Air,
Embedded CA, Common Interface and OpenTV variants. Its UK-based Set
Top Box research and development office is geared to generating
advanced product solutions (both hardware and software) for the
Digital TV market. More information about Techsan can be found at:
http://www.techsan.com
About Skelmir
Skelmir provides small footprint, robust software infrastructure
for hosting Java applications on embedded devices.
Proven in the marketplace, Skelmir"s family of CEE-J clean
room virtual machines and libraries are available for a wide range of
processors, operating systems and embedded Java configurations. Easily
ported to new platforms, CEE-J offers advanced graphical capabilities
ideal for digital television displays and MHP enabled appliances,
onboard navigation systems, Internet appliances, handheld wireless
communications and more. More information about Skelmir can be found
at: http://www.skelmir.com
About Tality
Tality Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
(NYSE:CDN - News), is the world"s largest electronic product development
outsourcing provider. Leading and emerging technology companies around
the globe leverage Tality"s engineering services and intellectual
property for the design of complex electronic systems and integrated
circuits. Tality is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more
information about Tality, please visit us at www.tality.com
Tality is a trademark of Tality Corporation. Cadence is a
registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Windows is a
registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds. PowerPC is a registered trademark of IBM
Corporation. MontaVista is a trademark of MontaVista Software, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Tality Corporation
Jim Douglas, 408/944-7955
jimd@tality.com
or
Cohn&Wolfe
Leslie Taschner, 415/477-4542
leslie_taschner@cohnwolfe.com
