Cradle Technologies, a fabless semiconductorcompany providing Multi-core DSPs (MDSPs) for video and imaging systems,and Panacom Technology Corporation, a global provider of surveillancesolution equipment, today announced an agreement to create a full suite ofscalable DVRs and IP video servers powered by Cradle technology.
Panacom has plans to release four network video streamers based on Cradle'sCT3400 and CT3600 MDSP families. The streamers will support up to fourchannels with CIF to D1 resolution. The scalability of Cradle's boarddesign will allow Panacom to add the CT3400 or CT3600 chip to addresscustomer demand using common peripheral parts for each design. Alsocontributing to the streamlined functionality of the CT3600 family is theability of Cradle customers to load different software onto the samehardware unit. This will allow Panacom to configure their PCI cards asencoders, decoders, or full duplex systems which can handle both functions.By cutting down on the number of required changes to the board, Panacom isable to pass the time and cost savings on to its customers, while stillguaranteeing unparalleled performance.
In addition, with Cradle's scalable, high-performance CT3616 MDSP, Panacomwill soon release a suite of 4- to 16-channel DVRs, as well as a PCI cardwith up to 16 channels of MPEG-4 video encoding at 480 frames per second.The processing power of the CT3616 allows for all 16 channels on the PCIcard to be encoded on a single chip using only 75% of the onboard computeresources.
"When Panacom shared with us their plans for building 10 different DVR andIP video-server products, we saw a fantastic opportunity to show thescalability, performance and the flexibility of Cradle's MDSParchitecture," said Bruce Schulman, Cradle's Vice President ofApplications. "Most silicon vendors in the market today offer verytarget-specific solutions for security applications. What Panacom waslooking for was not multiple point-solutions, but a single silicon platformthat could optimally address the wide range of price and performance pointsfor their entire product line. We are very pleased that Panacom has chosenCradle to be the provider of that platform."
The increased demand for IP connectivity and scalability across productlines is forcing security equipment manufacturers to shift their focus fromfixed-function ASSP and ASIC silicon solutions to more flexible options,such as programmable DSPs. Today's fixed-function solutions, although costcompetitive, do not provide system manufacturers with the flexibility todifferentiate their products from an application standpoint. In addition,a truly cost-effective silicon solution should benefit system vendors notonly by reducing their system manufacturing cost, but also by providingreduced development cost and time-to-production through technology reuseacross the entire product line.
"When we started planning our next generation DVR and server products, itquickly became evident that our product portfolio would need to includeseveral different flavors in order for us to properly address the broadrange of capabilities our customers are demanding," said Rudolph C. Lee,President and CEO of Panacom Technology. "Working with multiple siliconvendors to address our wide range of requirements would introduce too muchrisk. We needed a single silicon partner with the technology expertise,the product breadth, and the common vision to match our current productneeds, as well as our future product direction. Cradle has proven to bethe ideal partner in all those respects."
The two key trends in the industry, namely the move towards IP connectivityand the increasing adoption of intelligent video content analysis, arepushing security system manufacturers towards programmable siliconsolutions. Cradle's Multi-core DSP products offer the ideal combination ofperformance, programmability, and pricing to address next-generationsecurity products in a very cost-effective way. Cradle's comprehensivesecurity offerings are designed to accelerate time-to-production for systemvendors, by providing complete solutions targeting specific securityapplications. Cradle's Reference Design Kits (RDK) for DVR and IP videoservers help security system manufacturers jump-start their productdevelopment process by providing a complete set of hardware design files,Board Support Packages (BSP), and software libraries. In addition,Cradle's advanced development tools enable system manufacturers to leveragethe programmability of Cradle's MDSPs and further differentiate theirproducts by adding their own DSP or application-level programs.
About Cradle Technologies
Cradle is a fabless semiconductor company providing the bestprice/performance, most flexible and most scalable DSP solutions forreal-time multimedia applications. Cradle's Multi-core DSP architectureinnovation delivers high-performance scalable DSP processing with theflexibility, time-to-market and product differentiation benefits ofprocessor-based programmable platforms. Coupled with a Rapid DevelopmentSystem and suite of application software functions, Cradle provides OEMswith all the building blocks necessary to enable flexible yethigh-performance DSP designs. Cradle's corporate headquarters are locatedin Sunnyvale, California. For more information call 408-636-5000 or visitwww.cradle.com.
About Panacom Technology Corporation
Headquartered in Taiwan, Panacom Technology Corporation is a globalsurveillance solution company that partners with clients to support thedevelopment of innovative security and surveillance solutions andstrategies. Since 1998, Panacom has provided vital electronic securityproducts and services to residential, commercial and industrial OEM/ODMmarkets. Panacom designs and integrates innovative products that span:Closed circuit television (CCTV), surveillance DVR equipment, and otherperipherals. For more information, visit www.panacom.com.tw.
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