ST chips get into another Indian STB design

STMicroelectronics has announced that its STiH273 (Palma) HD cable chipsets have been selected by Fastway, a leading Indian Cable MSO (multi-system operator) with over 3 million digital subscribers, for their HD interactive USB DVR1 platform. This chip supports Fastway’s customers to experience high-quality HD content and access wide-ranging Value Added Services (VAS), including banner advertisements, interactive TV shopping, and education services. The low-power consuming STiH273 feature performance of CPU, video decoder, image quality processor, and front-end enabling high-quality video and interactivity. Key features of the STiH273 include: 1300DMIPs application CPU; Integrated 256kB L2 cache, which increases CPU performance for rich use cases like HTML5 browser, rich user interfaces, HD Picture-in-Picture, and PVR; Integrated Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-C) demodulator, field-proven and optimized to work with high-performance external tuners to meet stringent RF performance requirements of the Indian Cable networks; 16-Bit DDR3 SDRAM support, integrated ePhy, no heat-sink for significant bill-of-material saving; Faroudja image quality processing (for resizing, de-interlacing and picture improvement); Best quality and robust 1080p AVC (Advanced Video Coding) video decoder with advanced error correction and concealment capabilities; Integrated standby control...