increased performance for demanding applications STB03XXX digital set-top box integrated controllers support emerging set-top box (stb) applications, including e- commerce, web browsing, java tm applets and hdd provide design flexibility help our customers: ? improve time-to-market ? reduce software development cycle ? increase product longevity single-chip controllers enable advanced stb products ibm STB03XXX digital set-top box inte- grated controllers provide single-chip, high-performance solutions for digital video broadcasting (dvb), digital record- ing, and demanding video delivery applications, including interactive web browsing. new members of ibms family of stb products, these advanced controllers incorporate an ibm powerpc 405 tm processor within ibms stb architecture. featuring ibm blue logic tm technology and manufactured using ibms advanced 0.25-micron process, the STB03XXX controllers incorporate four powerful subsystems processor, digital audio/ video, peripheral and memory interface. the efficient STB03XXX controller design makes more mips available to stb manufacturers by allowing the base audio and video decoding activities to execute with minimal host processing. a unified memory architecture provides configura- highlights tion flexibility. the advanced features of STB03XXX controllers include: ? integrated powerpc 405 processor ? mpeg-2 audio/video decoder ? dolby ? digital audio decoder option* (ibm stb0321x and stb0341x only) ? mpeg-2 transport demultiplexer ? on-screen display controller ? ntsc/pal digital encoder ? ide interface for hard disk drive (hdd), smart card, parallel and serial ports design flexibility s upports diverse applications designers have the flexibility to choose from a range of STB03XXX controllers to satisfy their individual application requirements. they can choose a controller with an embedded powerpc 405 featuring either 150-mips or 225- mips performance. in addition, they have the flexibility to select a controller with macrovision copy protection support, dolby digital audio support or both. the new ide interface and anti-flicker-filter feature allow easier enablement of digital video recording and web browsing applications. powerpc 405 delivers high performance the powerpc 405 processor, the heart of the processor subsystem , features high- speed operation at 108 mhz or 162 mhz, a 16-kb instruction cache and an 8-kb data cache to enhance overall applica- tion performance. with this processing capability, products can support elec- tronic programming guides, e-commerce applications, web browsing and other interactive applications. digital audio and video capabili- ties s upport next-g eneration applications the digital audio and video subsystem delivers high-quality video and sound, enabling service providers to offer graphically rich user interfaces for next- generation interactive applications. the digital audio and video subsystem incorporates: ? mpeg-2 video decoder with anti-flicker filter and five on-screen display (osd)/ video planes; decodes mpeg-2 main profile at main level (mp @ ml) video ? mpeg-2 transport and dvb descrambler ? mpeg-2 audio decoder; decodes mpeg-2 layer i & layer ii (cd quality) audio ? dolby digital-compliant decoding (ibm stb03x1x controllers only; a dolby digital license is required) ? digital encoder, including ntsc/pal analog conversion, six concurrent analog video outputs and compatibility with scart connectors STB03XXX controllers provide single- chip, high-performance solutions.
sicc digital audio/video subsystem peripheral subsystem processor subsystem memory subsystem timers ieee 1284 smartcard i/f (2) i 2 c i/f (2) modem interface gpio interrupt controller powerpc 405 core i cache d cache cross bar switch dma controller sdram i/f mpeg2 transport dvb descrambler denc mpeg2 video decoder osd mpeg2 dolby digital* audio decoder audio pll *dolby digital is only available on stb0341x and stb0321 x controllers. scp interface sdram i/f sram, ide, flash, rom 16550 serial pwm interface ? macrovision copy protection support (stb03xx1 controllers only; note: a macrovision license is required) ? audio pll choose from a wide range of peripheral and memory inter- faces the peripheral interface subsystem provides the range of interfaces design- ers need to meet customer requirements: ? general purpose timers, pulse width modulation (gpt, pwm) ? ieee 1284 peripheral interface ? two smart card interfaces (scis) ? two inter-integrated circuit (i 2 c) inter- faces ? uart interface (16550) ? serial and infrared communications controller (sicc) ? serial control port ? modem i/f ? general purpose input/output (gpio) controllers g522-0398-00 *07g522039800* ibm STB03XXX block diagram specifications ibm stb034xx = ibm stb032xx = performance 162 mhz / 225 mips 108 mhz / 150 mips technology 0.25- m m cmos supply voltage 2.5 v and 3.3 v (supports 3-v and 5-v i/os) power dissipation 2.5 watts (nominal) operating temperature range 0 c to 70 c (ambient) package 304-pin, 31-mm pbga = dolby digital is supported by stb0341x and stb0321x. (dolby digital license required.) macrovision is supported by stb034x1 and stb032x1. (macrovision license required.) copyright international business machines corporation 2000 all rights reserved printed in the united states of america 3-00 the following are trademarks of international business machines corporation in the united states, or other countries, or both: ibm blue logic powerpc ibm logo powerpc 405 dolby is a trademark of dolby laboratories. supply of this implementation of dolby technology does not convey a license or imply a right under any patent, or any other industrial or intellectual property right of dolby laboratories, to use this implementation in any finished end-user or ready-to-use final product. companies planning to use this implementation in products must obtain a license from dolby laboratories licensing corporation before designing such products. dolby laboratories certification pending. a dolby digital audio license is required. java and all java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks of sun microsystems, inc. in the united states and/or other countries. microsoft, windows, windows nt and the windows logo are trademarks of microsoft corporation in the united states and/or other countries. other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. all information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. the products described in this document are not intended for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons. the information contained in this document does not affect or change ibms product specifications or warranties. nothing in this document shall operate as an express or implied license or indemnity under the intellectual property rights of ibm or third parties. all information contained in this document was obtained in specific environments, and is presented as an illustration. the results obtained in other operating environments may vary. the information contained in this document is provided on an as is basis. in no event will ibm be liable for damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the information contained in this document. ibm microelectronics division 1580 route 52, bldg. 504 hopewell junction, ny 12533-6351 the ibm home page can be found at www.ibm.com. the ibm microelectronics division home page can be found at www.chips.ibm.com. ? the memory subsystem includes two sdram interfaces with up to 16 mb each, up to 128 mb of sram, rom or flash, a 4-channel dma and an ide interface. highly productive development tools help speed time-to-market evaluation kits, including source code, a circuit board and microsoft ? windows ? 98 hosted development tools, such as a c/c++ compiler and riscwatch debugger for non-invasive, rtos-aware debug, are available to help improve manufacturers time-to-market. addition- ally, the powerpc 405 processors widely adopted and scalable architecture is supported by the ibm powerpc tm embedded tools program, enabling designers to have access to third-party tools to meet various development needs. for more information, visit our web site at www.chips.ibm.com . *
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