Sigma media processors integrated in Japanese STBs

June 25, 2008 - Japanese set-top box provider Advanced Communications (Adcom) has selected Sigma Designs' SMP8654 media processor to power its IPv6 set-top boxes, and the two companies have formed a collaborative relationship to develop next-generation IPTV set-top boxes for the Japanese market, based on Sigma's SMP8654 and Adcom's iSense IPTV software platform solution.

As part of this collaboration, Sigma's chips are being integrated into Adcom's iSense platform, which powers the IPv6 set-top boxes.  The iSense platform also comes with a software development kit for next generation networking, and is being used to power and build in IP-based functionality for set-top boxes being manufactured by Japanese firms.

“We are pleased that Sigma’s media processors power the new iSense platform and IPv6 STBs and help us further expand into the Japanese IP STB business and consumer markets,” said Yukihiro Yamada, CEO of Advanced Communications. “We recognise Sigma’s world leadership in the IP market and wanted to be certain our highly flexible, expandable solutions used the most experienced, advanced audio/video and multimedia processing technology on the market today.”

Adcom's IPv6 set-top boxes support multicasting, video on demand and recording and playback functionality, and are supported by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), a Japanese standardisation organisation.