MEDIA RELEASE PR39638
VeriSilicon Announces Support for WebM on ZSP Digital Signal Processor Cores and SoC
Platforms
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SHANGHAI, May 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
Major Industry Leaders announced WebM an open web media project supporting VP8
video codec. VeriSilicon Adds WebM including VP8 to Software Portfolio
Available on ZSP Cores and SoC Platforms
VeriSilicon today announced support for WebM including the VP8 video decoder on
its licensable ZSP Digital Signal Processor Cores and SoC Platforms that will help
its customers decode WebM content on ZSP based platforms. Optimized implementation of
WebM on ZSP cores and SoC Platforms is now available for licensing from VeriSilicon.
VeriSilicon is a leading licensor of Digital Signal Processor cores and provider
of custom silicon solution services. VeriSilicon's ZSP cores are widely used in
various mobile and multimedia products throughout the world and are supported by a
broad portfolio of optimized, field-proven software that are widely used in the
voice, audio and video markets. ZSP cores and software have been successfully
deployed in Digital TVs, Set-top Boxes, Mobile handsets, VoIP terminals, data modem
cards, Blu-Ray DVD players, Home Theater Boxes and a range of other products that are
all shipping in volume.
"With the surge in network connected devices, there is a lot of demand for high
quality video content that is easily available on the web. We recognize WebM
including VP8 as becoming widely adopted", said Wayne Dai, CEO of VeriSilicon. "Our
licensable ZSP cores offer unique capabilities to efficiently support multiple audio,
video and voice formats thus creating popular award winning SoC products. By
proactively porting and optimizing standards like WebM on our ZSP cores and SoC
Platforms, we ensure faster time to market and quality products for our customers."
"A key factor in the web's success is that its core technologies are open and
freely implementable. Video is fundamental to the web experience, and developers and
content publishers need an open video format option," said Mike Jazayeri, Group
Product Manager at Google. "We are excited VeriSilicon is joining a broad coalition
of industry leaders supporting the WebM project to bring a new era of open innovation
in web video."
Press Contact:
Bill Wang
Corporate VP of Business Development
Tel: +1-408-855-8560
Email: press@verisilicon.com
SOURCE: VeriSilicon
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