BCM3549

Description

The BCM3549 is the next generation of System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Digital Television (DTV) products from Broadcom with advanced video decoder, 3D/2D Graphics Core, Ethernet MAC and PHY, and 1080p60 input and output capability. These features of BCM3549 is combined with a high level of integration and best-of-class picture quality, will revolutionize the DTV experience and enable TV manufacturers to reduce overall system cost (BOM) and improve picture quality, all with a single SoC.

The BCM3549 combines a cable/terrestrial 4/1024-QAM and 8/16-VSB receiver, NTSC demodulator, two DVI/HDMI receivers, a transport processor, and a digital audio processor. The BCM3549 performs digital processing of analog video and audio through the use of integrated analog video digitizer and DAC functions and stereo high-fidelity audio DACs. Also included is a 400-MHz dual-threaded MIPS processor and a peripheral control unit providing a variety of television control functions.