SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 14, 2008 – Stream Processors Inc. (SPI), a fabless semiconductor company focused on making parallel processing simple, is demonstrating HD H.264 codec combined with display and network processing on a single Storm-1 processor. Ideal for Video Surveillance, Telepresence, and Digital Signage applications, Storm-1 is the industry's first DSP with enough compute performance to enable low-cost HD systems, while assuring flexibility in software to support added-value features and emerging standards. Hardware reference designs and a Linux-based media framework with plug-in SPI and third party software libraries allows designers to quickly build products at a simple API level, but also have access to C source to add innovative features.

" – Customers want flexible CODEC solutions but need to bring down system and development costs", comments Bengt Christensson, VP Business Development, "SPI is first to deliver a fully C-programmable DSP with ASIC-level performance, offering the best of two worlds."

High-Productivity Tools and Libraries Speed Time to Market
SPI's Eclipse-based Stream Tools Suite allows customers to easily leverage existing SPI and third-party libraries, as well as develop their own software. A Linux-based multimedia framework provides access via a rich API to available plug-in codecs and video processing libraries to enable designers to quickly build products. The library includes H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG codecs and functions such as deinterlacing, noise filtering, scaling, PiPs, and overlay alpha blending.

Performance Without Hardware Acceleration Limitations
Unlike ASSP or DSPs that rely on function-specific hardwired acceleration, Storm-1 provides ample processing headroom for HD processing, outperforming traditional DSPs by more than 10X, while offering improved power-efficiency and lower total cost.

As example, Storm-1 can support advanced image recognition and any codec, such as H.264 SVC, AVS, and Dirac, while providing a reusable software platform to support the new generation of intelligent video processing.

About Storm-1 Series
Storm-1 is a high-efficiency processor targeting demanding multi-media and signal processing applications. A suite of plug-in libraries and easy to use integrated ANSI C development environment promotes software reuse, a faster learning curve, and reduced development effort.

Storm-1 leverages stream processing technology, commonly used in higher-end graphics processors, specifically tuned for low-cost DSP applications. Storm-1 features an on-chip Host CPU (330 MHz, 32-bit MIPS 4KEc) available for user applications, and a DSP subsystem that consists of with an additional MIPS core and 16 parallel VLIW cores, each with five fully-featured 32-bit ALUs, running up to 700 MHz. Rich I/O includes multiple SD/HD video ports, UXGA display, audio, Gigabit Ethernet and PCI. Four software-compatible models range from the low-power G30 with 32,000 MMACs, to the top-of-the-line G220 with 224,000 MMACs.

Availability
All four Storm-1 Series chips are shipping and available for volume orders. Please contact SPI at sales@streamprocessors.com to request a demonstration and get information on platform options and pricing.

About Stream Processors, Inc.
Stream Processors, Inc. (SPI) is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing an innovative stream processing technology that that will help consumer and industrial companies accelerate time to market for their products, while greatly reducing system development costs. SPI was founded in 2004 in the recognition that the new era of compute-intensive applications requires radically increased levels of processor performance and efficiency. The company’s stream processing technology and award-winning development tools delivers dramatic improvements in productivity, performance, power, and cost by making parallel processing easily accessible. Additional information can be found at http://www.streamprocessors.com/.

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