the communications company tm features: flexible 16/32-bit host interface host dma target or primary 8-bit hw i/o ports for bitstream data transfers secondary 8-bit hardware port for bitstream tertiary 8-bit hardware port for bit- stream transfer 8/10-bit itu-656 video input port 8-bit itu-656/601 video output port (not available with DVXCEL-le) serial audio interface for audio cap- ture and playback all the DVXCEL devices utilize special hardware to implement the following algorithmic functions: video compression pre-processing motion estimation and compensation dcts and idcts variable-length encoding and decoding high-quality video scaling and com- posting overview the DVXCEL -le, DVXCEL -vc and DVXCEL -dt are the latest offerings in the dvx family of products. DVXCEL-le is designed to enable very low-cost video peripherals, based on mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 compression standards for archiving and web-streaming applications. the DVXCEL-vc, a single-chip mpeg-2 codec capable of encoding and decoding video simultaneously, is targeted at the emerging time-shift and digital video recording (dvr) applications. the DVXCEL-dt includes the same functionality and features as the DVXCEL-vc, with additional support for dv encode and decode as well as transcoding from dv to mpeg-2; features that are critical for enabling new video editing applications. all support both ntsc and pal formats. based on lsi logic s fourth-generation video processor architecture, these devices are optimized, both in hardware design and functionality, for high-quality, low-cost video-centric consumer applications. using lsi logic s proven perfectview encoding algorithm, this product family delivers the highest quality video encoding with the lowest bit rate of any consumer-based solution. target applications web sharing today an extensive amount of multimedia content is available on the web. as digital subscriber line (dsl) and cable modems become more popu- lar, the need for high-quality, low bit rate video is increasing. the DVXCEL |