Fujitsu has announced a new one-chip LSI
that can compress and decompress HD H.264 video in real-time. According to their press release, the MB86H51 is industry's first one-chip
full HD H.264 High Profile LSI with embedded memory.
Fujitsu Limited today announced a new large-scaled integrated (LSI) chip that
can compress and decompress full High-Definition (HD) video (1,920 dots x 1,080 lines) in the H.264 format(1) in real-time. The new chip,
the MB86H51, is the industry's first one-chip LSI for full HD H.264 High Profile(2) video processing with embedded memory. Sample
shipments will start from July 1, 2007.
This new chip enables high image quality recording, playback, and transmission of full
high-definition video over a wide range of fields from consumer to industrial applications, such as for digital video cameras
(camcorders), hard disk digital video recorders (DVRs), home network devices, security cameras, and broadcasting equipment.
Samples of the MB86H51 will start shipping on July 1st and are expected to cost about 30,000 Yen ($247US). More information
can be found on Fujitsu's website.
