Sigma Designs Powers Broadband TV Set Top Box from Verismo

Sigma Designs’ SMP8652 secure media processor is now being used to power Verismo's (News - Alert) Broadband TV set top box, according to a company statement.

"We chose the Sigma solution because its history with successful deployments in IPTV set top boxes," explained Dhaval Ajmera, executive vice president at Verismo. "Sigma's media processor solution offers the highest integration with the widest support for more video streams and protocols than any other solution on the market."

With Sigma's SMP8652, Verismo has a solution that integrates linear channels, and supports over the top Internet videos, Video-on-Demand, and global live channels. It also gives the ability to play back personal media off of the box. In addition, it provides social networking with sites like Facebook (News - Alert) and Twitter, and photo viewing through sites like Picasa.

Sigma's chipset includes a processor that can decode and play back in varied Internet video formats.

"Verismo has taken full advantage of our high performance media processor platform to give end users a world-class solution for the IP-connected home at an excellent price point," adds David Lynch, vice president and general manager, Media Processor (News - Alert) Group at Sigma Designs. "We believe their end-to-end solution, with our media processor, will win many high profile installations as an IPTV client for over the top content."

The SMP8652 includes: a500-Mhz MIPS host CPU (central processing unit), a second processor, the IPU, used for tougher tasks, and a third processor used for managing security. Its decoder supports high definition video decoding. It can support up to 16 independent streams in different formats.

Sigma Designs (News - Alert) is a provider of integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for entertainment and control throughout a home.

SoC solutions include: “media processing, wired and wireless networking, video image processing, and home control along with system software to form the critical components of consumer electronic products that include Internet protocol TV (IPTV) set top boxes, gateways, Blu-ray players, and media communication devices,” the company said.

Sigma Designs has direct sales reps in the United States, Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark and France), Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and distributors in Korea, Russia and India.

For more information, please visit www.sigmadesigns.com

In other recent company news, TMCnet reported recently that NET (News - Alert) Angra has selected Sigma Designs’ HomePNA technology for broadband services in the Angra dos Reis region of Brazil.

Sigma says its HomePNA-based chipset was chosen by NET Angra because it lowers the cost of deploying advanced IP services.