STiH416
Multimedia and display
Power
Host processing
Peripherals
UART, I2C,
Transport, A/V IO
Interfaces
Appli
cation
processor
ARM
Cortex A9 MP
GPU
ARM
Mali-400 MP
Quad core
OpenGL-ES 2.0
OpenVG 1.1
Transport
Security
Multimedi
a processor
ST40-300
L
ow power
processor
smartcard,
GPIO, …
dual core
2D blitter
processor
udio DSP
and DRM
processor
SATA, PCIe
USB2
Transport
interface
H.264
L2 cache
DDR3 DRAM
Interface 0
Display pipe
Ethernet
HDMI
Audio out
and TVout
encoder
Multi-format
MMC / SDIO
SLC NAND
Interface 1
and
compositor
A/V DACs
video
decoder
SPI Serial NOR
Advanced HD AVC processor with 3D graphics acceleration and
ARM Cortex-A9 SMP CPU
Data brief
Features
■ ARM Cortex-A9, dual core CPU, SMP NEON
SIMD engine yielding up to 6000 DMIPS
■ ARM Mali-400 quad core GPU yielding up to
1600 Mpixels/s fill rate and supporting up to
1080p60 or 1080p30 stereoscopic 3D graphics
■ Dual HD H.264/VC-1/AVS/MPEG2 video
decoder or SVC video decode
■ MVC video decode for 3DTV: supports up to
1080p60L/60R, 3D video formats
■ Dual HD internet video decoding: real video
8/9/10, DivX, Xvid, MP4p2, Adobe® Flash
videos
■ Single HD internet video decoding: WebM/VP8
■ H.264 video encoder up to 1080p60 HD
resolution with video preprocessing;
deinterlacing, HQ resizing and TNR
■ High-quality of image with Faroudja video
■ ST proprietary multicompartmental security IP
and DRM processor
■ Dual audio DSP: supports Dolby MS11
■ Integrated low power processor: < 30 mW
passive standby mode
Description
The new STiH416 SoC combines the best of
STMicroelectronics’ leading set-top box system
expertise and silicon process capability with
ARM’s exemplary core architecture.
The STiH416 SoC provides high security and
system integration, functionalities tailored to both
the broadcast and broadband ecosystems,
accessibility for open platform software
applications, eye-popping performance and
unequalled power efficiency.
This combination of incredible performance, a
future-proof architecture, and rich software
ecosystems allow operators to offer a rich variety
of innovative and value-added services to their
subscribers.
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Introduction STiH416
1 Introduction
The STiH416 STB processor integrates in a single IC, multi-stream transport demultiplexing,
dual core SMP application CPUs, a real-time CPU, A/V decode, A/V encode/transcode,
video processing, true 3D graphics and display, advanced security, STB peripherals,
audio/video DACs, digital A/V outputs, HDMI output and input, dual eSATA2 ports, PCIe,
quadruple USB ports, dual Ethernet controllers (GbE capable), SLC NAND Flash controller
and an SDIO/SD-MMC card controller.
Features Benefits
Dual-core, ARM Cortex-A9 applications CPU,
ST40 multimedia real-time processor, ST231
and DRM processor.
Integrated graphics processing unit (GPU);
Programmable Vertex (geometry) processor,
and quadruple fragment (pixel) processors,
accelerated four times full scene anti-aliasing
(4 × FSAA).
Dual ST Delta video decoder (latest generation)
with an ST231-based multi-codec capable
controller, coupled with a very high-quality video
display pipeline and 1080p120 display
compositor.
H.264 video encoder capable of encoding up to
HD resolutions of 1080p60 (or 2 x 720p60 or
4 x 720p30); includes preprocessor video pipeline that can resize, deinterlace and noise filter
the video before encoding.
HDMI 1.4a receiver input. Allows input of high-quality digital video from other
Latest generation transport/security subsystem,
with enhanced performance for DVR,
client/server-based, home networks up to
HD 1080p60 video encoding.
Dedicated security / DRM processor. Independent security / DRM processor allows easy
Brings full open Internet into the living room.
Very high host processor performance, extensive
connectivity, supports wide software ecosystem.
High-performance 3D GPU supporting up
to1080p60 3D graphics or 1080p30L30R
stereoscopic 3D graphics for blending with 3D
stereoscopic video displays.
Advanced 3D user interface.
Drive 3D casual and semi core gaming.
Further extends broadcast services to support
internet video formats.
Full HD Full Motion 1080p120 3DTV, MVC, SVC
and so on.
High-quality transcoded video, whatever the input
source resolution / format and transcoded output
resolution, up to HD.
Adaptive streaming server in home network.
sources to switch to the HDMI TV output or
combine with STB video / graphics to master final
output.
Distributes content securely around the home.
Audio and video transcoding.
integration of firmware based DRM schemes.
Quadruple USB 2.0 hosts, dual e-SATA2, dual
Gbit Ethernet MAC with
MII/RMII/TMII/GMII/RGMII interfaces, PCIe,
SLC 1-bit and multi-bit ECC raw NAND Flash
controller, SD-MMC/SDIO interface.
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Extensive high-speed connectivity for the widest
range of STB peripherals, such as Flash drives,
external HDDs, Gigabit Ethernet, home network
controllers (such as MoCA
modem and memory cards.
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, Wi-Fi), DOCSIS®
STiH416 Revision history
2 Revision history
Table 1. Document revision history
Date Revision Changes
03-Jan-2012 1 Initial release.
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