BCM7038 - Dual High Definition Digital Video System-on-Chip Solution for Cable, Satellite and DTV

Dual High Definition Digital Video System-on-Chip Solution for Cable, Satellite and DTV

The BCM7038 is an advanced dual channel HD video/audio/graphics and personal video recording (PVR) chip that enables manufacturers to economically incorporate high-quality HDTV capability and PVR features into digital televisions, cable set-top boxes, satellite receivers and HD-DVD players. The chip's dual video/audio channels simultaneously support dual televisions, with independent picture-in-picture support on main and secondary. Advanced video and graphics features, such as on-chip 3D Y/C separation circuit multi-frame de-interlacing, and quad video scalars with single pass processing, significantly improve the HD picture quality, by removing unwanted noise and artifacts from the television image. The chip supports common PVR functions such as pausing live programming, recording, and forwarding and reversing through recorded programs, as well as incorporates software drivers to support industry standard PVR platforms, including TiVo® and XTV™.

The BCM7038 incorporates a 300 MHz 64-bit MIPS® CPU, along with floating point processor, which has a very fast path o 400 MHz DDR system memory to support the high-performance needs required by advanced applications. Numerous other cost saving features have been incorporated into the chip, enabling manufacturers to be more competitive in the HD market.

  • Two complete HD/SD video/audio channels with quad video scalers
  • Multi-frame per pixel motion adaptive de-interlacer circuit
  • Picture Enhancement Processing (PEP) for DTV
  • 3D Y/C comb separation circuit for analog video decode
  • Triple PVR with copy protection and trick mode support
  • On-chip 300 MHz 64-bit CPU