Tensilica - First IP DSP Core Supplier to Offer DTS Broadcast and DTS DMP Support

Tensilica is the number one supplier of audio IP cores with significant design wins in home entertainment systems that integrate DTS' outstanding audio technology in smartphones for audio and voice codecs and pre-and post-processing. The HiFi Audio DSP is designed into some of the most advanced, innovative consumer devices including HDTVs, smartphones, home entertainment receivers, digital set-top boxes (STBs), digital/HD radios, and Blu-ray Disc(TM) players. The HiFi Audio DSP's industry leading performance is unequalled by any other IP core providers. For example, even the most challenging Blu-ray Disc use-cases, where DTS-HD Master Audio is processed by a single Tensilica core, there remains room to spare for significant audio pre/post processing. Additionally, there's room to spare in audio subsystems with significant memory latency.



Tensilica is notably the only IP core vendor to be certified by DTS based upon highly accurate, pipeline-modeled instruction set simulation models of the HiFi Audio DSPs. This certification methodology allows Tensilica licensees, who subsequently submit their completed SOC designs to DTS for chip-level certification, to shave weeks or months off the certification cycle.

Tensilica's highly efficient HiFi Audio DSP combined with DTS Broadcast and DMP products will quickly enable development of next generation digital televisions, STBs and digital media players, stated Brian Towne, executive vice president and chief operating officer at DTS. Furthermore, consumers buying these devices will benefit from superior quality audio, providing a richer, more meaningful entertainment experience.



DTS continues to bring outstanding high-quality audio software to home entertainment and portable devices, stated Jack Guedj, president and CEO at Tensilica. Tensilica's long term relationship with DTS ensures that we can quickly bring this capability to market, enabling new product development with the most efficient power and smaller silicon area.



The DMP package allows decoding of popular DTS content by creating a stereo mix-down and provides a DTS 5.1 digital bit-stream to external home theater systems. The DTS broadcast package incorporates all the functionality of the DMP package and extends this to target DTS 5.1 core content delivered over traditional cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP networks. It also supports infrastructures such as Video-on-Demand, IPTV and managed networks. The certified packages, when implemented in a product, ensure consumers have access to the highest quality audio experience that only DTS can deliver.