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ARC Media Subsystems

Fully Integrated, High Quality Audio/Video Playback Subsystem


As next generation multimedia-capable devices enable capture, sharing and playback of high quality digital media, SoC designers face the challenge of integrating more and more functionality into the same SoC. They have to enable enhanced consumer experience while minimizing risk and remaining competitive. By providing integrated audio/video capabilities, ARC Media 401V enables SoC designers to shorten their design cycle time. Capable of supporting virtually any audio/video format and Sonic Focus technology, the AM 401V delivers high quality multimedia experience.

Sonic Focus Audio Technology – Experience Studio Quality Sound

Sonic Focus logoReady for Enhanced Audio Clarity- Detail and Realism In addition to broad support of audio/video formats, the ARC Media 401V Subsystem is Sonic Focus-ready. OEMs can choose the additional benefit of award-winning audio post processing technology from Sonic Focus, an ARC International company. This revolutionary software recreates the clarity, detail and realism of an original performance from compressed audio sources such as stereo MP3.

For more information about Sonic Focus's award-winning audio post-processing technology, visit www.sonicfocus.com.


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Benefits


Reduce Time to Market and Minimize Risk

  • Fully integrated, pre-verified combined audio/video subsystem cuts design cycle time
  • Compete development tools and design flow support
  • Full programmability permits “future-proof” design

Create SoCs That Enable Unsurpassed Consumer Experience

  • Deliver studio quality sound using Sonic Focus technology
  • High quality, 100% standards-compliant audio/video playback
  • Extend battery life by using power saving modes of operation

Differentiate to Keep Competitive Edge

  • Programmability allows for user-defined value-add creation
  • Lower die size by eliminating separate host processor
  • Create unique solutions by using Sonic Focus technology

 

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ARC® Media 401V Subsystem Block Diagram



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Advanced Hardware and Software Development Environment for Quick Time-to-Market


ARC provides tools for integrating hardware IP and software licensed from ARC into customer SoCs.  ARC tools support configuring customized versions of ARC subsystems, as well as developing, modeling, and debugging software and hardware.  ARC’s advanced tools work with a broad offering of third party industry standard tools needed for taking products from concept to production.
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Highlights

  • Sonic Focus-Ready
  • Enhanced Audio Experience
  • Pre-Integrated, Pre-Verified
  • Multi-Standard Audio/Video Support
  • Low Power

Key Applications

  • Digital Photo Frames
  • Portable Media Players
  • Mobile Handsets
  • Mobile TV Terminals
  • Toys
  • Camcorders
  • STB
  • DTV

Standards Supported

Video Decoders

  • H.264 BP
  • VC-1 SP, MP
  • H.263
  • MPEG-4 SP, ASP
  • MPEG-2 MP
  • JPEG
  • MJPEG
  • TIFF
  • GIF
  • PNG

(Note: up to full D1 resolution for all decoders)

 

Audio Codecs

  • MPEG-1/2 Layer I,II,III (MP3) Low Power Decode
  • MPEG-1/2 Layer III (MP3) Encode
  • MPEG-2 Layer I,II Encode
  • MPEG-2/4 AAC Decode
  • MPEG-2/4 AAC Encode
  • WMA Decode
  • Dolby Digital Decode
  • Dolby Digital Encode
  • Dobly Digital Plus Decode
  • aacPlus v2 Decode

Audio/Video Sync


Development Tools

  • C Compiler
  • Debugger
  • Profilers
  • Functional Simulator
  • Cycle Accurate Simulator