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MillimeterOn2's VP5 Codec to be Ported to Equator's BSP-15 Platform
May 30, 2002 12:00 PM
On2 Technologies, The Duck Corporation, an industry leader in video compression technology, and Equator Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of high performance, programmable and power efficient system-on-a-chip processors for video streaming and image processing applications, have announced that On2's VP5 video compression technology will be ported to Equator's high-performance BSP(tm)-15 Broadband Signal Processor (BSP) chip. The combination of On2's VP5 codec and Equator's BSP-15 processor will be offered on Equator's new Tetra(tm) Hardware Platform. This new product is ideal for clients looking to deploy low bit-rate real-time TV delivery to set-top boxes.
"On2 is striving to be the de facto standard for low bit rate video delivery initiatives. With its unique ability to deliver DVD-quality video at lower bit rates than other video codecs, VP5 allows clients to maximize the use of network bandwidth. Additionally, VP5 handles real-time encoding and interlaced content," stated Douglas A. McIntyre, President and CEO of On2 Technologies. "The power of VP5 combined with Equator's Dolphin and Tetra platforms open a lot of options for potential clients, lowering cost for service providers as well as set-top box manufacturers."
"Our highly programmable BSP-15 processor is an open platform that is ideally suited for codec technologies such as VP5, which utilizes the performance of our platform to deliver a competitive edge to customers, allowing them to immediately benefit from the latest advances in compression technology," said Avi Katz, President and CEO of Equator Technologies, Inc. "We are excited about this opportunity to partner with On2 to deliver new services at our signature low-bit rate and great video quality."
VP5 is On2 Technologies' newest advancement in video compression technology, containing improvements in quality and efficiency over all other existing algorithms, beating some by over 50% in perceptual quality over a variety of data rates. VP5 is the first low bit-rate codec capable of properly handling interlaced video content (60 fields per second), and is designed to utilize minimal processor power while delivering high-quality video.
The BSP-15 processor is the latest from Equator with performance ranging from 300MHz to 400MHz. Capable of delivering up to 40 billion operations per second (GOPS) of video processing power, BSP-15 chips are designed to provide unmatched price/performance points for a wide range of applications from high-performance head-end video encoding and video streaming applications to low-power broadband video client applications.
The new Tetra hardware platform provides Equator's customers a low-cost, compact and modular hardware reference design enabling rapid development and deployment for a range of applications such as IP based set-top boxes and personal videorecorders (PVRs). The Tetra hardware platform is a modular design, which includes the Tetra CPU board, an open peripheral interface for add-on modules, and a growing list of add-on 'personality' modules. Extremely compact in size, the Tetra CPU board measures in at 2.75" x 4.00", making it an ideal hardware reference design for applications that require a small footprint and low cost.
