Aspex's Q multi-channel High-Definition (HD) video encoding engine delivers flexible, studio-quality encoding and supports advanced codecs like H.264 and MPEG-4 with resolutions up to 1080p60.

Aspex's Q IP has been developed to address the fast-growing requirement for media sharing between different devices. Q enabled chips are suitable for integration into a wide range of consumer equipment, such as Advanced Set-Top-Boxes, Home Gateways, Digital Media Adapters, DVRs, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray recorders, HD Camcorders and high-end TVs, with applications including:

• In-home video networking & distribution
• Transcoding & "Sideloading" content for portable & mobile devices
• "Slinging" content for remote access over the internet
• Recording to DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray disk
• "Live Pause" functionality, recording to integrated or removable flash/HDD
• Faster-than-realtime SD transcoding and ripping
• "Long Play" bitrate reduction for PVRs and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD
• HD videoconferencing & video chat
• Accelerated HD video editing and burning on PCs and laptops
• Wireless HDMI links

Supporting all the latest video compression standards, including H.264 and the new Scalable Video Codec (SVC), Q combines the time-to-market and flexibility benefits of a futureproof, software-upgradable architecture, with the performance needed for high quality video compression and transcoding of multiple channels at full HDTV resolutions, including 720p, 1080i and 1080p..

Building on more than 400 man-years of research & development, and the algorithmic know-how gained from Aspex's successful Accelera family of professional HD video compression products, Q incorporates Aspex's 8th generation ASProCore processing architecture, which combines the flexibility of software with the performance and low power of dedicated hardware solutions.