MainConcept to Ship First Hardware DSP Product for IBC; H.264/AVC D1 Broadcast Encoder Now Available

MainConcept, a worldwide leader of codec technology,
announced today the availability and shipment of its first DSP
hardware product for IBC 2006 in Amsterdam. The hardware/software
solution MC-P 512 SD is designed for usage in professional
applications and other high-end environments, such as video editing
and broadcast streaming. It will be demonstrated at booth 2.340 and be
ready for shipping right after IBC in September.
The MC-P 512 SD is based on a five TMS320DM642(TM) DSPs Texas
Instruments PCI board to provide SDI video encoding in D1 resolution.
It will be shipped including MainConcept's H.264/AVC codec, to bring
the same unique quality of its PC based software video codecs to the
realtime DSP environment. An MPEG-2 option for the board will ship
later this year.
"Entering the world of DSP solutions is the next great step in the
successful history of MainConcept," said Markus Moenig, founder and
CEO. "With MC-P 512 SD, based on Texas Instruments DSPs, we are now
able to offer high-speed H.264 hardware encoding for professional
production environments. And this is only the beginning of many more
high-quality DSP solutions, made by MainConcept."
The evaluation kit consists of the board including drivers, the
H.264 SDK and controller application with sample source code,
documentation and access to technical support. To purchase the
evaluation kit or request volume pricing, interested parties and OEM
partners should send an e-mail to sales@mainconcept.de.
MainConcept will be showcasing the MC-P 512 SD at booth 2.340 from
September 8-12 in Amsterdam.

About MainConcept

MainConcept - The Codec People is a world leader in video codec
technology for film, post production, broadcasting, television, video
industries, communications, consumer applications and many more
business fields. Over the years MainConcept has developed a complete
range of all-important standards-based codecs for the PC and
established long term relationships with many leading companies
allover the world. With its team of experts, MainConcept has been
working on the strategy: 'Every Codec, Every Platform.' Based on its
dominating codec position in the PC market, the company is now
entering the embedded and broadcast markets by porting its video
codecs to many new embedded systems, doing IP cores for FPGAs, and
building its own hardware platform for real-time, broadcast-quality
encoding.
Additional information is available at www.mainconcept.com.