Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd

Release of Controller LSI for In-Vehicle Information System Network IDB-1394

First in the industry, having the physical layer and link layer conforming to the IEEE1394b standard and the copyright protection function

Singapore, 17 November, 2005  — Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd (FMAL) today announced the release of its new controller LSI MB88387. This product, for the first time in the industry, carries the physical and link layers conforming to the IEEE1394b-2002 (*2) standard and copyright protection function conforming to the DTCP (*3) standard.

The new controller LSI MB88387 is compatible with IDB-1394 (*1), which has been promoted as a standard in-vehicle information system network.

IDB-1394 is presently drawing attention as an in-vehicle information system network that enables multiplex transmission of digital content such as DVD video and digital television without deterioration in vehicles, the same as at home.

Using the technical know-how of IEEE1394 (*4) controller LSI that Fujitsu has developed for consumer equipment, produced this product as the first of IDB-1394 controller LSIs. The controller LSI allows passengers in the rear seat of a car to freely watch quality digital video and listen to quality audio sound whenever they want. The product thus enables easy development of rear seat entertainment systems. (Figure)

To implement multiplex transmission of navigation video and camera video for environment monitoring, as well as further system cost reduction, Fujitsu will continue to develop IDB-1394-related products to enrich the product lineups.

Product features

1. Support, for the first time in the industry, for the physical and link layers conforming to the IEEE1394b-2002 standard
   For the first time in the industry, the product contains the physical and link layers conforming to the IEEE1394b-2002 standard, supporting data transfer rates of 400, 200, and 100 Mbps.
2. Copyright protection (DTCP) function
   The product supports copyright protection function that encrypts or decrypts two streams simultaneously.
3. AV protocol (IEC61883) function
   The product supports AV protocol function that can transfer real time MPEG2 transport streams and audio streams without interruption.

*1     IDB-1394 (ITS Data Bus-1394)

In-vehicle network protocol standard for high-speed multimedia applications, established by the automotive working group of 1394Trade Association

*2     IEEE1394b-2002

Serial interface standard established as extended specifications of the IEEE1394 standard. The specified transmission distance is up to 100 m and the specified transfer rate is up to 3.2 Gbps.

*3     DTCP (Digital Transmission Content Protection)

Encryption protocol for preventing unauthorized copying, reading, and modification of audio and video content

*4     IEEE1394

Serial interface standard, established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) of the U.S. in 1995, for connecting personal computers and digital home appliances. The specified data transfer rates are 100, 200, and 400 Mbps.

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About Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd

Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd was established as the Asia Pacific Headquarters of Fujitsu Limited Electronic Devices Group in 1986. It provides support, sales and marketing of semiconductors and electronic devices to the Asia Pacific region, including India and Oceania.
Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia offers a wide and varied product range like ASIC, ASSPs, Microcontrollers / Microprocessors (FR-V), System Memory (Flash Memory / FRAM / FCRAM) and System LSIs (DVD MPEG Source Decoders / MPEG –2 Encoders).

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