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December 2007
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DaVinci DaVinci™ Processor Offers First Multi-Format SoC for Real-Time HD Transcoding
The new TMS320DM6467 digital media processor system-on-chip (SoC) offers high-definition transcoding capabilities that will drive the video market evolution.

Get the Full Picture on New DM6467 Processor - View more than a dozen new DM6467 quick video casts for a look at why this SoC is ideal for HD transcoding.

New DM6467 DVEVM System Touts New Transcoders - The DM6467 digital video evaluation module (DVEVM), set to debut in 1Q08, includes MontaVista Linux, industry-standard and DaVinci technology-based APIs and a DaVinci platform codec engine, plus new transcoders such as MPEG-2 to H.264.


Flexibility Key to Video Encoding - The new “Optimizing Video Encoders with TI DSPs” white paper describes how TI video encoders’ extended flexibility simplifies integration and optimization in many applications.

Silicon

Get Tips on Distributing Tasks Among Processors - The article, “Multi-chip architectures partition H.264 tasks to achieve high-quality video,” offers an intelligent approach in making decisions about partitioning.

EE Times: "TI Unveils Fastest Ever DSP"
The TI TMS320C6455 DSP is getting a speed boost from 1 GHz to 1.2 GHz, making it the fastest single-core DSP on the market.

Students Heat Up Solar Energy Engineering
Student teams from 20 universities worldwide competed in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s 2007 Solar Decathlon, leveraging TI technology for “green” home solutions.


TI Takes Power Factor Correction to Next Level - TI’s new single-chip, interleaved power factor controller – the UCC28070 – simplifies design, maximizes energy and system reliability, and allows designers to achieve a greater than 0.9 power factor rating.

Software
Wireless Baseband Board Delivers Performance, Flexibility - CommAgility, a TI Third Party Network member, is now shipping its new, compact AdvancedMC module for wireless baseband, image and signal processing applications.

New F28335 eZdsp Starter Kit Cuts Design Cycle - A recent eeProductCenter article highlights benefits to using the new F28335 eZdsp software development kit to evaluate and develop software for floating-point digital signal control applications.

Achieve Higher Channel Densities Without External RAM - TI Third Party Network member Adaptive Digital Technologies announced plans to leverage the cost-effective TMS320C6452 DSP to provide a high-performance, low-cost hardware and software telecom solution.
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TMS320C645x/C642x DSP System Integration Workshop - Register for this four-day workshop to increase data I/O bandwidth and optimize code performance in applications based on C645x and C642x devices.

TI Tech Tips



Where can I get free evaluation codec(s) for DaVinci processors?
Request a free, 60-day trial evaluation here.

Application Notes
and Errata



Application Notes:
Motion JPEG Demo on TMS320DM6446

TMS320F281x Boot ROM Serial Flash Programming

DSP Errata:
TMS320DM355 Digital Media System-on-Chip (DMSoC)

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