DESCRIPTION

STMicroelectronics introduces the first silicon device to support the Secure Video Processor standard: STx5525 STB decoder.

Developed specifically to be an open standard, SVP technology gives consumers total confidence that legitimately purchased content can be viewed on a variety of devices from different manufacturers.

The STx5525 device offers two embedded USB2.0 host ports and a SATA interface to satisfy the requirements of all major TV operators while the high performance 400 MHz ST200 CPU powers ever more demanding applications and operating systems.

FEATURES

■ ST231 multi-issue host CPU

– 400 MHz

– 32 Kbyte ICache, 32 Kbite DCache

– MMU processor

■ Secure Video Processor (SVP) support

■ Multi-input DVR-capable transport subsystem

– Supports DVB and DIRECTV? stream,

– Integrated DES, DVB, ICAM, Multi2, AES descramblers,

– NDS RASP compliant.

■ Dual MPEG-2 MP@ML video decoder

– Smooth fastforward and rewind trickmodes

■ Dual TV outputs

– PAL/NTSC/SECAM encoders

■ Blitter based graphics

– 16 bpp with alpha blending

■ Dual audio deciding and PCM mixing

– MPEG layers I/II, and Dolby ? Digital

■ Dual USB 2.0 ports

■ Integrated SATA interface.