BOARDCOM BCM7115

BCM7115
PRODUCT
Brief
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BCM7115 SINGLE-CHIP SET-TOP BOX WITH PVR
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variable symbol rate receiver
• 1024/256/64-QAM
supporting ITU-T J.83 Annex A/B/C
out-of-band receiver and a QPSK to 256-QAM
• QPSK
upstream burst modulator
• DAVIC 1.2/1.5 MAC
• Dolby AC-3/MUSICAM audio decoding
• 2D/3D graphics engine
• NTSC/PAL video decoder
• NTSC/PAL video encoder
• BTSC decoder
• External bus interface (EBI) serving as local bus
200-MHz RISC MIPS32
• High-performance,
processor with 8-KB I and 8-KB D caches
• USB host with dual port (OHCI)
devices include IEEE 1394 interface, POD
• Peripheral
interface, V.90 Softmodem support, LED, UARTs and
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front-end and back-end results in the most
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cost-effective, single-chip, set-top box solution with
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personal video recording (PVR)
PVR engine supports time shifting on a program being
viewed and recording of another program
simultaneously (watch and record)
Support for DAVIC and DCII enable deployment in
major cable markets worldwide
Industry-leading compact form factor design is
enabled by high integration
High-performance RISC processor can support
today’s demanding set-top box operating systems and
applications
External QAM demodulator support for PVR watch
and record
IDE controller
Personal video recording (PVR) support with IDE
controller, 3DES, and dedicated DMA engines
Single unified memory architecture
Software device drivers supporting multiple operating
systems and middlewares
BCM7040 MPEG-2 encoder interface
BCM7115 Single-Chip Set-top Box with PVR System Block Diagram