Silicon Image Introduces World’s First superMHL™/HDMI 2.0 Port Processor for Next Generation Home Theater Devices
March 16, 2015 | By Business Wire News
SUNNYVALE, Calif.
Silicon Image, a leading provider of multimedia connectivity solutions and services and a Lattice Semiconductor company, today announced the world’s first superMHL™/HDMI® 2.0 port processor – the SiI9779. The SiI9779 supports superMHL, the MHL Consortium’s latest specification, which is ideal for the home theater/CE market and delivers 8K 60fps video resolution and immersive object audio.
Manufacturers can use the SiI9779 to create a new generation of products, enabling consumers to connect superMHL 8K source devices to TVs and monitors using the user friendly, reversible superMHL connector. The superMHL input also enables MHL mobile devices to deliver resolutions of 4K 60fps and beyond through existing and new connectors such as the USB Type-C with MHL Alt Mode. Three HDMI 2.0 inputs allow connections to existing Blu-ray Disc™ players, AVRs, streaming media sticks, and other source devices. Full support for HDCP 2.2 ensures the secure delivery of premium content.
“Silicon Image continues to help define and create new interfaces for tomorrow’s home theater products,” said Cheng Hwee Chee, senior director of marketing at Silicon Image. “8K is the highest display resolution on the market today, delivering 16x more pixels than 1080p. Our solution enables manufacturers to build products that meet customer demand and anticipate future needs.”
The SiI9779 port processor supports:
- One superMHL input and three HDMI 2.0 inputs for display applications
- One superMHL output for source applications such as STBs
- 8K 60fps video resolution as outlined in the superMHL specification
- New, reversible 32-pin superMHL connector
- USB Type-C with MHL Alt Mode
- High Dynamic Range (HDR), Deep Color, BT.2020
- Object audio – Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X, 3D audio, audio-only mode
- High bit-rate audio extraction
- HDCP 2.2 premium content protection
For more information about the SiI9779, visit http://www.siliconimage.com/solutions/tv/.
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About Silicon Image, Inc.
Silicon Image, a Lattice Semiconductor company (NASDAQ:LSCC), is a leading provider of multimedia connectivity solutions and services for mobile, consumer electronics and PC markets. Silicon Image’s semiconductor and intellectual property products feature wireless and wired technologies that deliver connectivity across a wide array of devices in the home, office and on the go. Silicon Image has driven the creation of the industry standards HDMI®, DVI™, MHL® and WirelessHD®, and offers manufacturers comprehensive standards interoperability and compliance testing services via its corporate affiliate, Simplay Labs. For more information, visit http://www.siliconimage.com/ or http://www.latticesemi.com/.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) is the global leader in smart connectivity solutions, providing market leading intellectual property and low-power, small form-factor devices that enable more than 8,000 global customers to quickly deliver innovative and differentiated cost and power efficient products. The Company’s broad end-market exposure extends from consumer electronics to industrial equipment, communications infrastructure and licensing. Lattice was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The Company acquired Silicon Image in March 2015, which is a leader in setting industry standards including the highly successful HDMI®, DVI™, MHL® and WirelessHD® standards.
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