NEC Produces BD-Live Compatible Single Chips For Blu-ray Players

[AVRevForum.com]

NEC has begun production of the EMMA3P System on a Chip for Blu-ray players. The single chip will include all the capabilities of current player Blu-ray players plus compatibility for the BD-Live profile. The one chip solution will enable USB and Ethernet controls, h.264/VC-1/MPEG-2 compression handling, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and DivX. This may be the hope that consumers need for cheaper and more featured-packed Blu-ray players in the near future. Panasonic followed closely with their announcement of the UniPhier single-processor.

EMMA3P (MC-10092) Product Specifications

CPU
Main CPU: 64-bit VR5500 CPU core that executes 655 Dhrystone MIPS
Sub CPU: 32-bit MIPS32® CPU core that executes 457 Dhrystone MIPS

Video decode engine
Dual decoding operation
H.264/AVC High Profile/Main Profile
VC-1 Advanced Profile
MPEG2 MP@HL, MPEG1
MPEG4 Advance Simple Profile

Audio decode engine
Dual decoding operation
Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Plus, Dolby® True HD
DTS®, DTS-HD™
MPEG1 Layer 1/2, MPEG2 AAC, MPEG2 BC
LPCM for Blu-ray, DVD-Video
CD-DA, CD-ROM

Video interface
5ch 12bit DAC
HD Component Output
NTSC/PAL/SECAM Composite Output

Audio interface
PCM Audio Output
S/PDIF Output

Security
DES, 3-DES, AES
CSS, CPRM, BD CPS, AACS/BD+

memory interface
DDR2-667 64bit bus width 512Mbit/1Gbit DDR2 support

Storage interface
Serial ATA (1.5Gbps) x2

HDMI interface
HDMI1.3, High bit-rate audio support

Ether MAC interface
10/100Mbps Ethernet

PCI interface
33MHz 32bit PCI, 3.3V

Peripherals
FUART x2
CSI x2
I2C x2
IR Receiver
Timer
GPIO

Power supply voltage
1.0V (core logic), 1.8V (DDR2 SDRAM interface), 3.3V (LSI I/O)

Package
797-pin plastic BGA (35 mm x 35 mm)