Xilinx : Consumer - Set-Top Boxes

Xilinx FPGAs enable digital set-top box designers to adopt emerging features and protocols, not yet standardized, thereby allowing OEMs to release differentiated products ahead of the competition. FPGA-based design advantages include:

Forward Error Correction (FEC)
I/O expansion
Smartcard interfacing
Memory and peripheral controller functions
Power management
MPEG decoding
Custom on screen display overlay

Future Femtocell Capabilities in a Typical Set Top Box

Quickly integrate emerging standards and features using Spartan^®-6 FPGAs and get your product to market first.

Set-Top Boxes (STBs)

Future Femtocell Capabilities in a Typical Set Top Box