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Cypress and Conexant Team to Deliver USB Bus-Powered Solution to "Watch TV" on PC
Collaborative Reference Design Kit Enables PC Users to
Import Home Videos Onto Their Desktop or Laptop
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 9, 2005—
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY), the market leader in USB,
today announced that it has teamed with Conexant to send video, audio,
and data over a single USB 2.0 connection to the PC host for immediate
playback and storage. The reference design is a low-cost solution --
eliminating the multiple wires for audio and video. The first result
of the combined effort is Conexant's CX25840/1/2/3 Audio/Video and
Data (AVD) USB 2.0 streaming reference design kit (RDK) based on
Cypress's EZ-USB FX2(TM) USB solution.
First of its kind, the RDK delivers high-quality video, excellent
stereo audio quality, and data services over a single USB 2.0 cable to
the PC. The RDK meets USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) bus-powered
requirements; therefore no external power supply cords are required.
"Together, Cypress and Conexant are enabling PC users to create
multimedia entertainment on their PC for immediate playback and
storage," said Trevor Davis, director of marketing for the wired
business unit in Cypress's Personal Communications Division. "It's as
easy as connecting a cable from your TV to the AVD RDK and a cable
from the RDK to your PC -- and you're watching or recording your
favorite TV program."
"Our AVD reference design satisfies international markets by
supporting broadcast data services, such as teletext and Moji, which
is a must for the European and Japanese markets," said Ed Munar,
Senior Product Manager at Conexant. "We address the North American,
European, Asia-Pacific and Japanese broadcast audio, video and data
requirements and look forward to future collaborative USB AVD
streaming solutions that will benefit our worldwide customers."
The AVD USB streaming solution is complete with drivers, gerber
files, schematics (for multiple tuners from Philips and LG), and
bill-of-materials. The platform is based on Windows Device Model (WDM)
driver architecture that is compatible with Windows XP and Media
Center Edition (MCE) operating system and is Windows Hardware Quality
Labs (WHQL) certified. Additionally, the drivers are compatible with
multiple third-party software applications for watching TV and burning
to DVD.
Pricing and Availability
The AVD solution is available now. For more information please
visit the Conexant website at:
http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=922.
About EZ-USB FX2
Cypress's EZ-USB FX2 is a fully integrated peripheral controller,
including an 8051 microprocessor, a serial interface engine, a
high-speed USB 2.0 transceiver, on-chip RAM and FIFO and a general
programmable interface. Its unique architecture handles all basic USB
functions, enabling the host system's microprocessor to focus on
application-specific functions and ensuring sustained high-performance
data transfer rates.
Photo
A photo of the CX25840/1/2/3 can be downloaded at
www.cypress.com/prphoto/usbavd.
About Cypress
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) is Connecting From Last Mile
to First Mile(TM) with high-performance solutions for personal,
network access, enterprise, metro switch and core
communications-system applications. Cypress Connects(TM) using
wireless, wireline, digital and optical transmission standards,
including USB, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet and DWDM.
Leveraging its process and system-level expertise, Cypress makes
industry-leading physical layer devices, framers and network search
engines, along with a broad portfolio of high-bandwidth memories,
timing technology solutions and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays.
More information about Cypress is accessible online at
www.cypress.com.
Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress
Semiconductor Corporation. "Connecting From Last Mile to First Mile"
"EZ-USB" and "Cypress Connects" are trademarks of Cypress. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cypress PR
Karen Suty, 408-545-6906
KLS@cypress.com
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