Viper: A multiprocessor SOC for advanced set-top box and digital TV systems

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S Dutta, R Jensen, A Rieckmann
IEEE Design & Test of Computers, 2001ieeexplore.ieee.org
Viper: A multiprocessor SOC for advanced set-top box and digital TV systems Page 1 21
0740-7475/01/$10.00 © 2001 IEEE September–October 2001 THE DIGITAL SET-TOP BOX
receiver is a key element in the worldwide deployment of digital television (DTV) and related
interactive services. First-generation set-top boxes were quite simple with support only for
channel-tuning and audiovideo data decoding. Increasingly, however, they are used as a
gateway to the Internet and as a hub for home networking. Those domains feature a wide …
Viper is a complete system-on-a-chip solution from Philips Semiconductors for next-generation digital television and digital video applications. It incorporates Philips' intellectual-property reuse methodology in addition to standard hardware and software building blocks.
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