EMMA3, an LSI for HD DVD Player/Recorder Systems

NEC Electronics released a world first system LSI that is compatible with both HD DVD players and recorders. This LSI processes the digital video, audio and graphics required for the HD DVD player. By the compatibility with the current video and audio compression standards including "MPEG-4 AVC/H.264" and "VC-1" that have been adopted to support the next-generation DVD, it is able to deal with advanced applications. The device is equipped with a stream processing capability and with multi-channel stream input/output for use in the recording of digital broadcasts. Any system that incorporates it may easily be extended in order to function as an HD DVD recorder.