The HDMI® Transmitter core is compliant with the HDMI 1.3 Specification and is designed for consumer electronics products transmitting premium digital content. This core is ideal for next-generation DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc™ Players, set-top boxes, personal video recorders and A/V receivers. A dedicated low-power version is available for mobile devices such as portable media players or camcorder. The core incorporates an extremely flexible audio and video interface. Industry standard S/PDIF is included for PCM encoded data as well as Dolby Digital, DTS and other formats capable of being sent over S/PDIF. I2S and Direct Stream Digital (DSD) interfaces are included to support Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ high bit rate and Super Audio CD formats. The HDMI core provides full support for HDCP encryption and authentication.
Two options exist for the HDMI Transmitter PHY. For the highest level of integration, Silicon Image offers the PHY as an IP core which is tightly coupled with the digital logic. For designers looking for faster integration and process independence, there is the HDMI digital transmitter core plus discrete companion PHY.
All cores are semiconductor-proven at leading foundries and through Silicon Image HDMI semiconductor products.