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W&W Communications Introduces Industry's First Super Low Latency Full-HD H.264 Micro-Module for Real-Time A/V Applications
By MARKET WIRE
Apr 14, 2008 - 3:36:01 AM

LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/14/08 -- NAB -- W&W Communications, Inc., the leaderin super low latency H.264 Full-HD codecs, announced today its Full-HDH.264 micro-mezzanine modules with SLL Technology™ (Super Low LatencyTechnology™). The modules combine the company's innovative H.264 videoencoder and decoder technology with audio encode and decode as well asMPEG-2 Transport Stream and DVB support in an ultra compact mezzaninemodule. The modules are targeted at a wide variety of real-time,video-centric embedded applications, such as in broadcast, surveillance,tele-medicine, tele-robotics and industrial imaging. The modules come intwo types. The WW20BACM is an A/V encoder module and the WW20BADM is an A/Vdecoder module. Both module types are optimized for super low latencyperformance, making video encode and decode at sub frame-rate latenciespossible.

"The super low latency and H.264 performance, combined with thecompleteness of the WW20BACM and WW20BADM micro-mezzanine modules bringexceptional value to our customers," said Kishan Jainandunsing, VPMarketing at W&W Communications. "Finally, OEMs have an off-the-shelfsolution that enables them to effortlessly implement innovative, trulyreal-time H.264 HD video applications, while simultaneously gainingsignificant time-to-market."

Feature Highlights

The following features are the main highlights of the WW20BACM encoder andWW20BADM decoder modules:

--  H.264 video encode/decode--  Up to 1080p30 support, including 720p60--  Super Low Latency Technology™ for sub frame-rate encode-decode    latencies--  16-bit BT.709 video data I/O--  Dolby® Digital Stereo® or PCM audio encode/decode--  Up to 192KHz audio sample rates--  I2S and analog stereo line-in audio I/O--  8-bit MPEG-2 Transport Stream I/O with DVB support--  SPI and UART host interfaces--  100mm x 55mm x 5mm micro-mezzanine form factor    

Designing carrier boards for the WW20BACM and WW20BADM modules isstraightforward. The modules come with industry standard signal interfacesfor the video, audio and TS I/O. The 16-bit video data interfaces can bedirectly connected tooff-the-shelf HD-SDI, HDMI or Component Video ADCs and DACs. The 8-bit TSinterfaces can be directly connected to off-the-shelf DVB-ASI or DVB-SPItransceivers.

Availability

The first WW20BACM and WW20BADM modules and comprehensive development kitsare scheduled for sampling in May 2008. Mass production of the modules isscheduled in June 2008. Customers should contact sales@wwcoms.com forupdates on availability and pricing.

About W&W Communications, Inc.

W&W Communications is a fabless semiconductor company, which develops superlow latency video compression solutions for consumer, professional,enterprise and infrastructure applications. The company is headquartered inSunnyvale, CA with offices in Beijing, China and Madrid, Spain. For moreinformation visit www.wwcoms.com.

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