Thin Multimedia Inc. (TMI) will demonstrate its PAL-format MobileTV software stack for Linux on a digital TV receiver chipset from Siano, at the CTIA Wireless 2007 show next week in Orlando, Fla. Additionally, the company says it will collaborate with Siano on a “multi-standard, integrated mobile TV” product.

TMI says its “MobileTV” stack can be used for rapid prototyping on supported receivers by adding a hardware or software H.264 and/or VC-1 decoder. The stack is available with middleware for DVB-H (digital video broadcasting – handheld) or T-DMB (terrestrial – digital multimedia broadcasting). It also includes an A/V player said to support PVR (personal video recorder) functions, and to offer the industry's fastest channel changing capabilities.

TMI's “MobileTV” DVB-H (left) and T-DMB (right) stack architectures
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TMI describes Siano's SMS1000 as “the industry's only low-cost, ultra-low-power, quad-band multi-standard receiver in mass production.” The chipset comprises an RF tuner (SMS1001) said to support “various” frequency spectra from 170MHz to 1680MHz, along with a demodulator chip (SMS1002) said to support DVB-H, DVB-T, DAB, DAB-IP, and T-DMB formats.

Siano SMS1000 typical application
Siano CEO Alon Iron stated, “With mobile TV now moving from trials to deployment, this platform provides terminal manufacturers with a highly integrated and high quality solution.”

Availability

Siano's SMS1000 chipset is in mass production now, according to TMI. Siano also offers a more highly integrated SMS1010 chipset, for designs where board real estate must be conserved. Siano previously partnered with CyberLink on a Linux-friendly DVB-H stack for the SMS1000.

TMI describes its MobileTV stack as “launch-ready,” and says it has already supplied the stack to “a Silicon Valley based chipset manufacturer and a publicly traded chipset manufacturer in Asia.” The stack was designed to be easily ported to any RTOS environment, and is optimized for embedded Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile 5.0, and Nucleus, TMI said.

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