ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-29 June 2008-W&W Communications Unveils Taos Series of H.264 ASICs(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

W&W Communications, a provider of super low latency, Full-HD H.264 video codecs, announced its Taos series of ASICs, consisting of the WW108, WW602

W&W stated that the WW108 is optimized for latency-sensitive, multi-stream HD video conferencing, HD video surveillance and HD wireless media server applications. The WW508 is optimized for high channel-density video surveillance DVR and video server applications at D1 resolutions, while the WW602 is optimized for latency-sensitive, single stream HDMI cable replacement applications, such as for game consoles, laptops, DVD players and settop boxes.

In encode-only or decode-only mode the WW108 handles a single 1080p60 stream, or up to four 720p30 streams. In codec mode it processes one 1080p30 (or 720p60) encode and one 1080p30 (or 720p60) decode simultaneously, or two 720p30 encodes and two 720p30 decodes simultaneously. The WW602 handles a single HD encode or decode, up to 1080p60. In encode-only or decode-only mode the WW508 encodes or decodes up to eight D1 streams at 30 frames/sec or 32 CIF streams at 30 frames/sec. In codec mode it handles 4 D1 (or 16 CIF) encodes at 30 frames/sec simultaneously with 4 D1 (or 16 CIF) decodes at 30 frames/sec.

"The impressive performance of the WW108, WW508 and WW602 positions Taos at the apex of current H.264 video codecs in the industry. There is nothing like the WW108, WW508 and WW602 today in the video surveillance, wireless HDMI and video conferencing markets. But, more importantly, they provide OEMs in these markets with a drastic cost reduction per HD or SD stream over current ASIC or DSP-based solutions," said Lars Herlitz, CEO at W&W Communications.

All three products come with support for W&W Communications' patent-pending Super Low Latency Technology(TM) (SLL Technology(TM)). This allows the WW108 and WW602 to perform single stream HD processing at sub 1ms encode-decode latency, while the WW108 and WW508 perform multi-stream processing at sub 40ms encode-decode latency.

"In wireless applications the need for bandwidth always outstrips availability. The WW602 and WW108 provide for the first time no-compromise solutions for wireless HDMI implementations that optimize use of available bandwidth while virtually eliminating latency, and do so at mass consumer price points," said Kishan Jainandunsing, VP Marketing at W&W Communications.

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