New TVP9900 Highly Integrated Cost-Efficient ATSC Demodulator
The new TVP9900 ATSC demodulator supports North American DTV broadcast reception, including HDTV. Highly integrated and cost-effective, the stand-alone demodulator features greater reception range and improved picture quality, all in a small footprint that minimizes board space. For developers wishing to evaluate the demodulator and initiate system development, the TVP9900 evaluation module (EVM) provides a ready-to-use ATSC front-end receiver. Learn all about it.

TMS320DM6437 Digital Video Development Platform
For $495, the new low-cost TMS320DM6437 Digital Video Development Platform (DVDP) includes both hardware and software, enabling immediate evaluation of the TMS320DM643x processors, as well as a DSP/BIOS kernel and Virtuallogix Linux with a full production license at no additional cost. If you are combining real-time signal processing tasks with GUI interfaces on the same DSP, the TMS320DM6437 DVDP is perfect for you. Buy it today.

Digital Power Management for Digital TVs, Servers and Laptops
Targeting servers, laptops, base stations and digital TVs, the TMS320F28044—now available in volume—enables high system integration by handling up to 16 outputs/phases. The 32-bit performance of the F28044 controller is ideal for handling soft-starts, sequencing, margining and phase compensation controlled in software. Get started today with a library of free digital power software, including high-resolution PWM demonstrations, DC/DC buck converter, DC/AC single-phase inverter, two-phase PFC and DC/DC phase-shifted full-bridge at www.ti.com/dpslib. For more information on the F28044 controller, see www.ti.com/f28044.

New eXpressDSP™ Digital Media Software Folders Now Available for Video Codecs
Check out the new eXpressDSP software folders recently added to the web. The new software folders include H.264 decoder, MPEG-4 decoder, MPEG-4 encoder, WMV9 VC1 decoder and H.264 encoder (updated). Each new folder contains valuable information about the codecs, as well as a product information document specific to each codec. The product information documents contain codec capabilities, a software evaluation/product image and a detailed performance summary. Stay tuned for news about additional software folders to come.

New DaVinci Technology Seminars Available in Europe
One-day seminars at venues across Europe this May and June will teach you how to streamline AV system designs in a Linux/ARM environment using DaVinci technology. The seminar will cover third-party development tools and advanced debugging techniques; programming standard Linux APIs to access DaVinci multimedia capabilities; and real-time software architecture support of APIs from the ARM. If you’re a designer or developer working on AV applications in Linux, make plans to attend this seminar.

New DaVinci DSP-Based Processor Seminars Available in Europe
This one-day technical seminar for DSP engineers highlights the cost-efficient TMS320DM643x processor. You’ll learn about application-specific software, high-level operating systems, complementary analog products and accompanying tools for designing audio and video products. Seminars are scheduled across Europe in May and June 2007. Sign up now.

Computex Taipei June 5-9, 2007
Having set records last year for participation and attendance, Computex Taipei is now the world's second largest IT show. Hear from industry experts on all of the key trends and developments shaping the industry in the Compuforum; take a tour of a Taiwanese IT factory; or check out the performances in the live test center. From TI, you’ll see demonstrations of its portable media processing technology. Register now.

IFSEC
Meet TI experts at IFSEC 2007 – NEC, Birmingham, May 21-24 booth 13027 in CCTV village and discover leading edge technology for designing robust security systems in a record design cycle-time. TI provides the right mix of silicon, software, tools and support targeting applications such as low power wireless access control, fire and intrusion alarms, intelligent sensing and video surveillance with analytics processing.