LSI Logic Corporation, a
leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital Home,
today announced that the second-generation LSI Logic DiMeNsion(TM) DVD recorder
system processors (DMN-8602 and DMN-8652) received DivX® certification from
DivXNetworks, Inc., the company behind the patent-pending DivX video compression
technology. This marks the world's first single-chip DVD recorder solutions to
pass the certification requirements needed to gain DivX Home Theater
Certification status. DivX is among the world's most popular video compression
technologies (with over 130 million users worldwide) and is one of the new
features expected to help drive the high-growth DVD recorder market.
"We created the DivX Certification program as a
guarantee of quality and compatibility for consumers around the world who demand
and deserve the best when choosing consumer electronic products," said Tim
Windsor, product manager, Hardware Encoding and Portable Devices at
DivXNetworks. "As the first DivX Home Theater-certified single-chip DVD recorder
solutions, the LSI Logic DiMeNsion processors enable manufacturers to offer
superior playback quality on the DVD recorder platform. We are pleased that the
industry's leading DVD recorder processors are now DivX Certified solutions."
LSI Logic's line of DiMeNsion DVD recorder
processors consists of the industry's first single-chip DVD recorder solutions.
The DiMeNsion processors include innovative features such as LSI Logic's Direct
Digital Dub(TM) technology that simplifies the transfer of personal digital
content from a camcorder to DVD over FireWire, with one-touch control via a
single remote. Additional advantages include LSI Logic's proprietary pre- and
post-processing technologies, which provide advanced progressive scan output and
impressive noise handling on analog inputs. The high level of integration on a
single chip reduces design complexity and provides system designers with a
considerable savings on the overall bill of materials (BOM). In addition, LSI
Logic offers manufacturing kits (MKs) that include everything needed for
complete manufacturing-ready solutions to accelerate time-to-market and reduce
BOM costs.
"LSI Logic is pleased to have the first DivX
Certified single-chip DVD recorder solutions, further validating our leadership
in this rapidly growing market," said James Fox, director of DVD product
marketing, LSI Logic's Consumer Products Division. "Adding DivX to our
market-leading DiMeNsion family of DVD recorder processors now gives consumers
the flexibility to share personal content with different devices in the digital
home."
DivX video technology includes a complete Digital
Rights Management (DRM) system, enabling new business models such as
video-on-demand for content providers, consumer electronics companies and
retailers. Only DivX Certified consumer electronics products have the capability
to play rented and purchased DivX video content. The DivX Certified Partner
Program was created to enable the development of official DivX-enabled consumer
electronics products to meet the global demand for high-quality DivX convergence
devices. For more information on DivX certification process, visit http://www.divx.com/certified .
LSI Logic's Consumer Products Division provides
innovative digital media processing and silicon solutions to industry-leading,
worldwide consumer electronics manufacturers. With a complete line of
cutting-edge products for DVD, DVR, EVD, video game, digital and HDTV, portable
audio, set-top box, and professional video production/broadcasting devices, LSI
Logic delivers entertainment into and throughout the Digital Home.
About LSI Logic Corporation
LSI Logic Corporation focuses on the design and
production of high-performance semiconductors for Consumer, Communications and
Storage applications that access, interconnect and store data, voice and video.
LSI Logic engineers incorporate reusable, industry-standard intellectual
property building blocks that serve as the heart of leading-edge systems. LSI
Logic serves its global OEM, channel and distribution customers with Platform
ASICs, standard-cell ASICs, standard products, host bus adapters, RAID
controllers and software. In addition, the company supplies storage network
solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is headquartered at 1621 Barber Lane,
Milpitas, CA 95035. http://www.lsilogic.com
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