TAIPEI, TAIWAN and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA May 31st,
2011 - Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading
provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent
processing for networking, communications, and the digital
home, today announced the PureVu™ CNW66xx family,
a new line of SoC video processors capable of addressing
the growing market demand for universal wireless display
receivers at the industry’s lowest price points.
The new processor family leverages its flexible architecture
to enable receiver designs that can support a wide range
of home networking and wireless video transmission protocols
including Cavium’s WiVu™, WiFi Alliance 802.11-based
wireless display standard (WFD), and DLNA. Through its
high degree of integration, the new processor family enables
an unprecedented combination of flexibility, cost and
performance, allowing Cavium to enhance its wireless display
product portfolio and address the full price-performance
spectrum in this market. Unlike the CNW5xxx family which
targets high-end, fully interactive, 2D and 3D home theater
solutions, Cavium’s new CNW66xx processors are designed
for very low-cost video streaming wireless display receivers
targeting portable consumer devices with built-in wireless
display functionality.
Cavium will be demonstrating its new PureVu™ CNW66xx
silicon in highly optimized reference platforms interoperating
with a range of popular portable consumer devices including
smartphones, tablets and notebook PCs at Computex Taipei
2011 on May 31st – June 4th, at the Grand Hyatt
Hotel in Suite 2412.
Addressing the Entire Range of Wireless Display
Applications
Through its PureVu™ CNW5xxx video processor family,
Cavium has established its performance leadership by offering
high quality 1080p60 H.264-based transmit and receive
wireless display solutions over standard 802.11 WiFi,
with differentiating features such as SLL™ (Super
Low Latency), SMART QoS rate adaptation for robust multi-room
operation, and full stereo 3D support. These processors
enable OEMs to build advanced wireless display capabilities
into a range of CE devices including TVs, STBs, Blu-ray
players, gaming devices, wireless HDMI transmit and receive
adapters, desktop PCs and notebook computers.
With the new CNW66xx line, the combination of the multi-protocol
and the highly integrated design enables Cavium to expand
its leadership in the wireless display adapter market
by enabling the cost sensitive segment, tied to portable
CE devices including smartphones, tablets, and notebook
computers running a software client to enable seamless
wireless connectivity with Cavium’s CNW66xx based
receivers. The CNW66xx was architected as a cost-optimized
solution with up to 1080p performance, which often exceeds
the requirements of most software transmit solutions.
Today, there are a number of different WiFi-based wireless
display receivers in the market, each using different
video and networking protocols, and all competing for
consumer mind share which leads to market fragmentation
and lack of universal interoperability. With CNW66xx,
OEMs will now be able to build a single wireless display
adapter that is truly universal in its ability to interoperate
with various video and networking protocols, and to establish
a wireless display link with a wide range of popular portable
devices in the market today.
“Actiontec is committed to our standards based
approach for wireless HD video distribution,” stated
Actiontec CEO Dean Chang, “As more and more devices
with built-in wireless transmission capabilities enter
the market, Cavium’s CNW66xx processor allows Actiontec
to expand our product offering, and to complement our
high-end multi-room home theater solutions with more aggressively
priced and flexible variations for addressing the needs
of the entire market.”
CNW66xx Key Features
- Performance and Flexibility
- Multi-format video processing engine capable of
decoding up to 1920x1080 p30/i60 resolution for a
wide range of video standards including MPEG2, H.264,
MPEG4, AVS, VC-1, and MJPEG
- ARM CPU core
- Programmable audio DSP with advanced DMA functionality
to enable real time decoding of popular audio standards
including MP3, AAC, and AC3
- Display processor with multi-layer alpha compositor,
2D graphics layer with color key and programmable
screen locations, and video layer with 16:9 to 4:3
conversion, letterboxing, pre-scan, and up/down scaling
- Video post-processor with 3D motion adaptive de-interlacer
and high quality poly-phase FIR video scaler
- System Interfaces
- 4 video DACs for YPbPr/RGB, S-video, and CVBS output
- Integrated HDMI 1.3 transmitter, with DVI support
- Integrated TV encoder supporting both Standard Definition
and High Definition video
- I2S and S/PDIF digital audio output
- 10/100Mbps Ethernet (MII interface)
- USB 2.0 high speed host controller (with embedded
PHY)
- Misc I/O including UART, SPI, I2C, and GPIOs
Availability and Pricing
CNW66xx family is sampling now. For information on evaluation
kits and pricing, please contact your Cavium sales representative.
About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a leading provider of highly integrated
semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing
for networking, communications and the digital home. Cavium
Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software-compatible
processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 40 Gbps
that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise,
data-center, broadband/consumer and access and service
provider equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported
by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems,
tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium
Network’s principal offices are in Mountain View,
CA with design team locations in California, Massachusetts,
China, India and Taiwan. For more information, please
visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com.
For additional information, contact:
Cavium Networks Contact:
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager,
Cavium Networks, 805 East Middlefield Road,
Mountain View, CA 94043,
Telephone: +1 650-623-7033.
Email: angel.atondo@caviumnetworks.com
