ST STiH416 User Manual

STiH416

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.

Host processing Multimedia and display Power Peripherals

	Application	GPU	Multimedia processor		Low power	UART, I2C,
						smartcard,
	processor	ARM	ST40-300		processor	GPIO, …
		Mali-400 MP
	ARM	Quad core
		OpenGL-ES 2.0		Security
	Cortex A9 MP	OpenVG 1.1	Transport		Interfaces	Transport, A/V IO
	dual core			and DRM
			processor	processor	USB2	Transport
						interface
	L2 cache	2D blitter	H.264		SATA, PCIe
				Audio DSP		HDMI
			encoder		Ethernet
	DDR3 DRAM					Audio out
	Interface 0	Display pipe	Multi-format		MMC / SDIO	and TVout
		and	video		SLC NAND
	Interface 1	compositor	decoder		SPI Serial NOR	A/V DACs

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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

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).

Benefits

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.

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.

Further extends broadcast services to support internet video formats.

Full HD Full Motion 1080p120 3DTV, MVC, SVC and so on.

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.

High-quality transcoded video, whatever the input source resolution / format and transcoded output resolution, up to HD.

Adaptive streaming server in home network.

Allows input of high-quality digital video from other sources to switch to the HDMI TV output or combine with STB video / graphics to master final output.

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.

Distributes content securely around the home. Audio and video transcoding.

Independent security / DRM processor allows easy 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.

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®, Wi-Fi), DOCSIS® modem and memory cards.

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