September 4, 2012 -- Sigma Designs, Inc. has announced the release of its new HiDTV Pro-UXL designed for the next generation of smart TVs. With its integrated 1-GHz CPU, high-performance 3D-graphics engine and high-quality video-processing pipeline, the HiDTV Pro-UXL picture quality is designed to deliver an outstanding cinematic experience.

The HiDTV Pro-UXL includes a 1-GHz CPU with a dedicated L2 cache and 3D GPU performance for 50/60Hz smart TVs. The increase in CPU and GPU performance applications in the HiDTV Pro-UXL allows for a significantly improved user experience and offers TV OEMs the ability to add future applications worry-free of performance concerns. Sigma Designs offers complete turnkey reference platforms for US, EU, China and LATAM with connected TV applications.

The HiDTV Pro-UXL is a highly integrated SOC platform that includes multiple CPUs, ATSC/ DVB-T/ DVB-C, analog demodulators, a secure programmable transport stream demultiplexer, a high-performance 3D-graphics engine, a 3D-TV-capable multi-capable HD video decoder, and a programmable audio decoder with video post processor that supports several of Sigma Designs audio-processing algorithms. A 1-GHz MIPS 74Kf CPU and Imagination SGX 531 graphics core enable advanced connectivity and OTT services to power the next generation of smart TVs.

Availability

Sigma Designs is sampling HiDTV Pro-UXL with leading customers today.

Posted by: John Miklosz