Products

Discover how Qpixel’s family of QL200 series H.264 low power, video/audio codec products are continuing to revolutionize the features and capabilities of portable consumer devices and digital home appliances. 

The Qpixel product suite includes extremely low power, H.264-based standard and high definition codecs with on-chip audio DSP, customer evaluation and reference design kit. The design kit includes boards, firmware and design files needed for fast OEM time-to-production.

Qpixel’s QL200 family of Standard Definition codecs have been shipping in volume since 2006 to major global OEMs.  Qpixel’s QL201B has provided the state-of-the-art H.264 technology in several aware winning products, including Sanyo’s Xacti E1, world’s first waterproof H.264 camcorder. Qpixel continues its tradition of leading edge low power H.264 technology with the introduction of its QL300 High Definition codec family.  The following table summarizes the key features of Qpixel’s H.264 silicon family:

Semiconductors

 

Semiconductor Product Features

	QL201B	QL202B	QL303	QL305
	Companion	Stand-alone	Companion	Companion
Size	QCIF - SD (half-duplex)	QCIF - SD (half-duplex)	CIF - Full HD (full-duplex up to 720p)	CIF - Full HD (full-duplex up to 720p)
Cores	-Qpixel H.264 SD Codec - ARM926J @ 120Mhz - ARC 600 audio DSP	-Qpixel H.264 SD Codec - ARM926J @ 120Mhz -ARC 600 audio DSP	-Qpixel H.264 HD Codec - ARM926J @ 266Mhz - ARC 600 audio DSP - MJPEG codec	-Qpixel H.264 HD Codec - ARM926J @ 266Mhz - ARC 600 audio DSP - MJPEG codec
MDDR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power	< 190 mW (full feature)	< 250 mW (full feature)	< 275 mW (Full HD) < 185 mW (720 p30)	< 500 mW (PCIe + USB)
I/O	- Host (parallel) port	- Ethernet (10/100) - Peripheral interface	- Host (parallel) port - SPI - SDIO	- USB OTG 2.0 - PCI-Express
App	- DSC/DVC - STB/DTV PVR - Web Cam - USB dongle	- IP Media server - PVR - Remote Monitoring	- DSC/DVC - Smart Phone - STB/DTV PVR	- NBPC - Web Cam - MID