Motorola Offers Single Chip DolbyÆ Digital Consumer Encoder Solution

Designing for the next generation DVD recordable products is now possible using Motorolaís DSP56362, which has been granted the DolbyÆ Digital Consumer Encoder (DDCE) certification by Dolby Laboratories. DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-camcorders, applications requiring the DDCE Technology, may be available to consumers within the next year.The DSP56362 is currently being used in a variety of consumer audio products, such as audio/video receivers, DVD, digital television, and automotive applications. Motorola provides a comprehensive silicon and software solution in a single chip which provides multichannel decoding (Dolby Digital, DTS or MPEG2 Layer 2), post decoder processing. The DSP56362 is now enabled also to support DDCE. The Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder is a two-channel encoder technology, which enables digital encoding of stereo analog sound for storage on a digital media. This enables a DVD-RW recorder, for example to record conventional analog TV programming in addition to the new digital TV broadcasts.""Many consumers have indicated to Motorola that the DDCE has been the missing technology to fully enable recordable DVD products, and Motorola is please to provide the industryís first solution to meet these needs,"" says Valerie Hase, Operations Manager of Motorolaís Digital Audio Operations.She further indicated ""Motorola forecasts significant demand for this technology and as a result we are already in devel9pment on second generation DDCE solutions, which will eliminate external memory requirements. As a leader in high-performance programmable audio products, Motorola continues its commitment to the industry by expanding their audio library in both audio decoding and now audio encoding.""The DSP56362 was the first SymphonyÆ audio DSP to utilize the DSP56300 core. With speeds up to100 MIPS, the DSP56362 provides the capability to handle all the major multichannel audio decoding standards as well as other audio processing requirements such as subwoofer management, soundfield effects, 3D virtual surrounds, equalization, Lucasfilm THXÆ Cinema processing, and Pacific Microsonics HDCD.Ramzi Haidamus, Technology/Business Strategist, Dolby Laboratories, states, ""Dolby developed their software reference design for DDCE based on Motorolaís DSP56300 architecture, and is cooperating closely with Motorola on further optimizations. Dolby is please to grant Motorola certification for the DSP56361 implementation of Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder and are working closely with Motorola on future versions.The DSP56362 is available now at authorized Motorola distributors. A comprehensive set of development tools is available for the DSP56362.The DSP56362 is available now through Motorola. A comprehensive set of development tools is available for the DSP56362.

For additional information on Motorolaís audio product offering as well as documentation, visit the Web site at www.dspaudio.motorola.com.