New Delhi, , April 7, 2014 – STMicroelectronics a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and IGRS Information Industry Association (IGRS Alliance) announced that numerous processors from ST can support the Chinese smart-home standard IGRS. Starting from Orly (STiH416), the IGRS (Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing) protocol will be extended to Alicante (STiD12), Cannes (STiH312) and Monaco (STiH412) product series. An ST Working Group in IGRS also kicked off at the same time.
“ST is taking the lead in enabling the smart-home market in China with our leadership and collaborative work with IGRS on Chinese smart-home industry initiatives,” said YU Lee, Regional Vice President, Digital Convergence Group, Greater China & South Asia Region, STMicroelectronics.
“By leveraging ST’s broad product portfolio, the collaboration enables us to build a smart-home ecosystem based on the Chinese smart-home standard,” said Xiaolin HUANG, Secretary General, IGRS Alliance.
ST’s DOCSIS® 3.0-certified[1] cable-modem chips (the Alicante/STiD12 product family) provide fast network connectivity for multimedia home entertainment and interactive broadband services. With extremely high data rates going up to 800Mbit/s, they enable set-top boxes and home gateways to deliver video and Internet data services over a single network and support the simultaneous use of multiple connected devices. The DOCSIS 3.0 chips and associated software stack facilitate access to on-demand and streaming content and support the next-generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) that enables more devices to be connected to the Internet through server and gateway boxes.
ST’s latest multimedia application-processor System-on-Chips (the Cannes/STiH312 client-box and Monaco/STiH412 server-box and multimedia-gateway product families) support decode and display resolution up to the leading-edge Ultra HD (2160p) and the next-generation H.265 / HEVC[2] video compression. This combination aims to extend the viewing experience for end users with more realistic and in-the-action immersion.
ST’s Cannes and Monaco architectures are based on the high-performance Dual ARM® Cortex® Central Processing Unit that provides support for all major software stacks in the set-top box, server and gateway markets enabling smooth interaction with the IGRS protocol.
