Panasonic Announces First Single-Chip LSI

Posted May 22, 2008 08:30 AM by Josh Dreuth


Panasonic has announced that they have developed the world's first Blu-ray Disc player-specific single-chip signal processing LSI. This new chip, which not only 50% smaller, but also uses 25% less power, is compliant with BD-Live (Profile v2.0) standards. Up until now, Blu-ray Disc players required separate front end and back end LSI in addition to seven external memory chips. The chip also uses Panasonic's updated UniPhier platform and supports all high definition video and audio formats (including lossless). Additionally, the chip supports dual screen output, leading the way towards a 3D experience. Samples are expected to be delivered in June with no set time-table revealed for mass production.
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News comments (17 comments)

Sabian576

May 22, 2008

hmmm...dual screen output, could be interesting...

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seigneur_rayden

May 22, 2008

Way to go Panasonic. Slimer BD Players are on the way.

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Blu Titan

May 22, 2008

It was only a matter of time, but rather have it sooner than later.

ECWaenigma

May 22, 2008

That's why I'm a die-hard Panasonic fan (except for my PS3, of course...).

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SquidPuppet

May 22, 2008

THIS is how prices will come down. Good job Panny.

Elandyll

May 22, 2008

Yup. Less power consumption and costing less

Excellent news.

Sonny

May 22, 2008

gotta love Panny

tvine2000

May 22, 2008

yep,people on other forums have been pushing the panic button on blu-ray.
but we all knew bd would improve and prices will come down

johnnymech

May 22, 2008

Maybe Panasonic will discover that end users don't care about news like this.

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Lucy Diamond

May 22, 2008

WoW

Progress

Imagine that.

Catch some air off that shit huh!?!

dadkins

May 22, 2008

Panasonic - manufacturer of the two BD drives in my *Sony* laptops.

Go Go Panasonic! :-)

blu-rayfan101

May 22, 2008

Sony where are you?

tru blu

May 22, 2008

Hopefully these advances will help bring prices down.

Steve-O

May 22, 2008

Don't forget Panny is part of Matsushita... the largest chip/electronic manufacturer in the world, so it's no surprise that they were the first to get this to market.

will0775

May 22, 2008

Sony can't do much they have to depend on other manufacturers then buy the technology, I agree with Steve-o,don't misunderstand I'm not hating on Sony I have a PS3 but that is just the truth.