what is davinci technology?

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Answer 1

Fact Sheet: Davincitm Technology Background & Specifications


Fact Sheet: Davincitm Technology Background & Specifications

DaVinci? technology is the first integrated portfolio of DSP-based processors, software, tools, and support for developing a broad spectrum of optimized digital video end equipments It enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to more easily and quickly develop a ange of innovative, cost efficient digital video products, transforming the way consumers experience digital video. DaVinci technology will accelerate the pace of innovation and expand the market for digital video applications

TI expects components of the DaVinci technology portfolio, including processors, software, tools and partnership solutions to be introduced to the market before the end of 2005. The DaVinci technology roadmap addresses the demand for real-time video for a host of emerging digital video product innovations. These application segments include: video security, IP set-top box, videoconferencing, automotive infotainment, portable media, and digital cameras. TI also will introduce highly-integrated, DaVinci-enabled products for the mass market.

The DaVinci technology is comprised of the following components that have been optimized to work interdependently for digital video end equipments:

DaVinci Processors

DaVinci processors are built on the industry's highest-performance DSP platform, TI's TMS320C6000? DSPs. Leveraging TI's newest C64x+? DSP core. The DaVinci processors consist of scalable, programmable DSP-based systems-on-chips (SoCs) tailored from DSP and ARM cores, accelerators and peripherals that are optimized to match price, performance and featu

requirements for a broad spectrum of digital video end equipments.

DaVinci Processors in the Market

A number of DaVinci processors are already in the pipeline and tailored for digital video applications, including:

� Digital still


� Video security

camera


� Portable media players

� Video telephone


� Medical imaging

� IP set-top box


� Networked video for

� Automotive


emerging applications

infotainment




Accelerators and Peripherals

Tightly coupled within the system architecture are targeted peripherals and accelerators for video and audio device acceleration and implementation. DaVinci processors will be made up of combinations of DSP and/or ARM cores, memory configurations, accelerators, and peripherals optimized for targeted digital video applications.Peripherals and accelerators such as:

� Advanced video


� Connectivity

acceleration


o USB 2.0 High-speed Host

o Video I/O processing


and Client Function

subsystem


o Full 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

o Video and imaging


MAC

accelerator


o Inter-integrated circuit

� Advanced audio


(I2C) Bus interface

o Audio serial port


o Special interface for FPGA

(ASP)for codec interface


complement

and communication


� Data storage interfaces

� external Memory


o ATA (Hard drive)

interfaces


o Compact Flash Controller

o Double Data Rate


o Multimedia Card (MMC) /

memory DDR2


Secure Digital Card (SD)

o Onboard NAND flash


Controller

controller




o




NAND/NOR-flash-capable Async




EMIF




� Video Display




o Integrated support




for popular resolutions and




intefaces




DaVinci Software

Running on the DaVinci processors, and fully utilizing the on chip resources, will be DaVinci software, built in configurable frameworks and presented via published APIs within popular operating systems for rapid software implementation

Video, Imaging, Audio and Speech Codecs TI is designing and will be delivering standard video, imaging, audio, and speech codecs as software products that will be licensed and

supported by TI and its third parties. The following codecs are planned for release in the coming months:

� H.264 decode


� AAC+ decode

� H.264 encode


� AAC encode

� MPEG4 decode


� WMA9 decode

� MPEG4 encode


� WMA8 encode

� H.263 decode


� MP3 decode

� H.263 encode


� G.711

� WMV9 decode


� G.728

� WMV9 encode


� G.723.1

� MPEG2 decode


� G.729ab

� MPEG2 encode




� JPEG decode




� JPEG encode




Operating Systems

Standard operating systems will allow developers with expertise on these systems to leverage their programming know-how and at the same time achieve peek performance from DaVinci technology's system integration, including its robust DSP engine and accelerators. The DaVinci technology portfolio will initially include support for Linux.

Support for other popular operating systems, such as, WinCE is expected to be available in the future.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) The DaVinci technology portfolio offers several classes of APIs that are poised to accelerate innovation for digital video equipments. The APIs bring together the best of both worlds for DSP and ARM software developers. While the DSP platform remains open for DSP experts, ARM software developers can program to APIs and are assured that popular ombinations of codecs required for next generation digital video processing are tested to work together and optimized for specific video applications. Ultimately, whatever the development team's expertise or preference, the DaVinci APIs integrate DSP and accelerator content transparently for a broad set of high-performance

video, audio, imaging and speech codecs.

Frameworks

The DaVinci software framework is built to ensure that all DSP-based SoC hardware and software components work seamlessly together. By offering complete, application-specific software solutions previously built by OEMs, the DaVinci software framework abstracts system developers from the inner workings of the multiprocessing SoC. This dramatically reduces OEM research and development, system architecture, implementation and test schedules so that OEMs can focus on their value-add ? differentiating their products.

DaVinci Development Tools DaVinci technology will offer a set of cost appropriate tools and kits for a variety of application spaces and designs, including low-cost starter tools, complete development kits and even reference designs to speed OEM design and development. An ARM/DSP Integrated Development Environment (IDE), operating system tools and DSP tools allow developers to program in a familiar environment while accessing the full benefits of the DaVinci

technology:

� Development Kits

� Reference Designs

� Code Composer Studio? IDE

DaVinci Technology Support System The support system for DaVinci technology includes and end-to-end video ecosystem, system integrators, hardware and software solution providers with DaVinci technology knowledge and video system expertise to accelerate OEM product introductions. Providers who are supporting and designing

solutions on DaVinci technology include:

� ANT


� Monta Vista

� ATEME


� MPC Data

� Bitband


� Orca

� eInfochips


� Sentivision

� Emuzed


� Softier

� Ingenient


� Spectrum Digital

� Ittiam


� Tandberg TVS

� Logic PD


� UB Video

� Mediaworks


� Widevine

� Mistral


� Wintech

Answer 2

The only Davinci technology I have heard of is the company that debrand and unlock mobile phones, they have software you can download for a fee and do it yourself. Works well.

No idea if this is what you meen though.