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Digital Signal Processing

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DaVinci™ Digital Media Processors

 

Accelerate development of your digital video application with DaVinci™ technology

Optimized for digital video systems, the DaVinci portfolio includes Digital Signal Processing SoCs, multimedia codecs, Authorized Service Providers and frameworks. These integrated components are the industry’s first complete offering of an open platform.

Processors

Digital media processors from TI are based on the industry’s leading digital signal processing DaVinci technology and are scalable and programmable. The DaVinci portfolio includes DSP-based digital media processors, ARM® processors, DSP-based systems-on-chips (SoCs), accelerators and peripherals. All DaVinci technology-based processors are optimized to match the price, performance and feature requirements for a broad spectrum of digital video end equipments.

A number of DaVinci-based processors are available today and have been adopted in the following digital video markets:
  • Digital cameras
  • Video telephones
  • IP set-top box
  • Automotive infotainment
  • Video security
  • Portable media players
  • Medical imaging
  • Networked video for emerging applications
  • Media Gateways
  • Multi-Point Control Units
  • Digital Media Adaptors
  • Digital Video Servers and Recorders

Development Tools and Software

The DaVinci portfolio offers a set of development tools for a variety of applications spaces and designs, including low-cost starter kits, complete development kits and even reference designs.

In addition to development tools, a complete software infrastructure ranging from low-level drivers to application APIs, makes it possible for developers to implement digital video without having to focus resources on writing and optimizing codecs and programming a DSP. APIs mask the complex hardware and software details of implementing codecs from developers, enabling them to interchange multimedia codecs without having to modify application code.

When creating applications, developers are able to write to industry-recognized APIs for storage, networking and video interfaces leveraging standard OS development environments such as Linux, MontaVista™ Linux, Green Hills INTEGRITY™, Green Hills VelOSity, QNX Neutrino and Microsoft Windows® CE. OEMs are still empowered to access and develop directly on the DSP and/or ARM should they choose. The result is that developers are able to take advantage of the SoC’s performance and focus on developing value-added features.

Design Support

TI’s Authorized Software Providers (ASPs) are also available and offer video system expertise, customized software and engineering services as well as technical support for TI-enabled IP. In addition, TI offers a complete portfolio of high-performance analog products.