September 22, 2009
On2 Technologies Licenses VP6 Video Decoder Technology to videantis. [more...]

October 6, 2008
videantis announces full HD 1080p video codec IP solution for mobile and consumer devices. [more...]

April 30, 2008
videantis introduces new scalable video solutions up to HD for mobile devices. [more...]

October 1, 2007
videantis appoints Young-Hun Kluge VP Sales and Marketing. [more...]

June 4, 2007
videantis and ProDesign realize real-time H.264/AVC encoding on CHIPit Platinum system. [more...]

January 24, 2007 Infineon and videantis announce 65nm platform verification with multi-standard video processing solution. [more...]

January 11, 2007 ADTechnology and videantis join their SoC competence in the fast-growing Korean video electronics market. [more...]

January 4, 2007 SinoStar and videantis sign sales distributor agreement. [more...]

August 14, 2006 videantis announces 65nm silicon for v-MP2000 family. [more...]

August 8, 2006 SoCTechnology licenses videantis v-MP2000 SD video IP. [more...]

March 29, 2006 videantis showcases highest performance mobile video solution v-MP2000M. [more...]

Oct. 25, 2005
videantis introduces highest performance multistandard semiconductor cores for video applications. [more...]

Low-power multi-core design enables H.264/AVC baseline profile 1080p encoding and H.264/AVC high profile 1080p video decoding with multi-standard extensibility

Hannover, Germany - October 06, 2008 - videantis GmbH, a leading provider of programmable video engines, today announced the addition of the new v-MP4180HDX 1080p full HD video encode and decode IP to its growing portfolio of scalable multi-standard video IP solutions.

By combining a powerful, programmable high definition stream unit with multiple video engines, the v-MP4180HDX solution is capable of encoding and decoding video up to full HD 1080p resolution in a wide range of standards on extremely small silicon area with less than 1MHz load on the host CPU.

"The increasing cost pressure in the highly competitive video IC market requires chip makers to quickly jump to the next level of innovation to get ahead of their competitors," says Young-Hun Kluge, VP Sales and Marketing of videantis GmbH. "With the new videantis v-MP4180HDX solution, chip providers in the mobile and consumer video domain can now surpass competition with low-power full 1080p video capabilities while being able to react to rapidly changing market requirements in terms of video standards and features with a future-proof, software-upgradeable approach."

At only 7.9mm2 in 65nm technology, the v-MP4180HDX solution is capable of full HD 1080p video encoding for multiple standards like H.264 BP and MPEG-4. On the same silicon footprint, the v-MP4180HDX also supports full HD 1080p multi-standard video decoding including H.264/AVC up to High Profile, VC-1/WMV9 up to Advanced Profile, MPEG-4, DivX/XviD, RealVideo, Flash, MPEG-2, and JPEG just by firmware change.

A wide range of value-add image and video processing features like deinterlacing and upscaling is supported on top of decoding and encoding without increase in silicon.

Based on a wide scalability in the number of stream units and video engines, further solution packages can be tailored according to customers' needs.

The v-MP4180HDX full HD 1080p video IP solution is immediately available for licensing.

Please visit us at booth 902 at the ARM Developers' Conference in Santa Clara, CA, from October 7th - 8th.

About videantis

videantis GmbH, based in Hannover, Germany, is a leading silicon IP and software solutions provider for mobile, home, and custom multimedia applications. videantis combines the expertise of an application-adapted, yet fully programmable architecture, an extensive portfolio of optimized applications, and system-on-chip integration services to offer comprehensive one-stop video solutions. Based on its application-optimized processor platform family, videantis licenses multi-standard capable video IP solutions for the most advanced video coding standards, including H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, DivX, WMV9/VC-1, RealVideo, etc., and video enhancement. As a fast-growing company, videantis continues to extend its technical expertise with further build-up of personnel. For more information about videantis, please visit http://www.videantis.com.

Contact:
Young-Hun Kluge
VP Sales and Marketing
Schneiderberg 32
30167 Hannover
phone: +49-511-762-5046
e-mail: yhk@videantis.com

Integrated stream unit enables high-quality encoding, high-bitrate decoding on ultra-small silicon area with minimum load on host CPU

Hannover, Germany - April 30, 2008 - videantis GmbH, a leading provider of programmable video engines, today announced the addition of the new v-MP20x0MOB product line of scalable video solutions to its growing portfolio of multi-standard video IP solutions.

By combining powerful video engines with a programmable stream unit, the v-MP20x0MOB solution packages are capable of encoding and decoding video up to 720p resolution in a wide range of standards on extremely small silicon area without placing load on the host CPU. With full functional flexibility through firmware upgradeability on silicon after production, they provide a future-proof solution by allowing chip and system vendors to adapt their product specifications to dynamic market needs over lifetime without redesign.

"With this new offer of complete video subsystems, we enable our customers to bring their products to the next level of user video experience while saving silicon area, CPU resources, and being able to rapidly follow changes in specifications and market requirements even after silicon production", says Young-Hun Kluge, VP Sales and Marketing of videantis GmbH.

Initially, the following members of the v-MP20x0MOB product line are available:

• v-MP2010MOB: Entry point solution for full D1 video decoding and encoding at smallest silicon area footprint and lowest power consumption
• v-MP2020MOB: High-end D1 solution for best-quality video encoding plus decoding with simultaneous value-add image and video processing features
• v-MP2030MOB: Entry point solution for mobile 720p video decoding and encoding at smallest silicon area footprint for HD
• v-MP2040MOB: High-end mobile 720p solution for best-quality video encoding plus decoding with simultaneous value-add image and video processing features

At only 1.5mm2 in 65nm technology, the v-MP2010MOB solution is capable of multi-standard video decoding for standards like H.264, VC-1/WMV9, MPEG-4, DivX, H.263, RealVideo, Flash, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, and JPEG, up to high bitrates while supporting advanced feature sets such as FMO/ASO (flexible macroblock ordering/arbitrary slice order) of the H.264 standard. H.264 BP decoding, for example, is supported up to 10Mbit/s. On the same silicon footprint, the v MP2010MOB also supports video encoding for multiple standards like H.264 BP, MPEG-4 SP, and H.263 just by firmware change.

Supporting extended sets of compression tools for various standards like H.264 BP, MPEG 4 SP, H.263, and VC-1, the higher-end solutions starting with the v-MP2020MOB are able to provide encoding results at quality levels that are unprecedented in mobile environments at reduced bit rates.

All solutions support JPEG still image encoding and decoding at 25Mpixel/s or higher, allowing, e.g., a high shot-to-shot performance with low exposure times.

Furthermore, a wide range of value-add image and video processing features is supported in parallel to decoding and encoding without increase in silicon. As a consequence, dedicated function blocks for tasks like scaling, color conversion, rotation, or image stabilization can frequently be removed from a system design when using a videantis solution, thus further increasing the overall cost benefit of the integrated solution packages.

All v-MP20x0MOB solutions are pre-verified in real system environments and have been particularly optimized to tolerate long memory access latencies. Mobile environments are specifically targeted with support for industry-standard media framework APIs like OpenMAX IL 1.1 and are ready for drop-in use in today's mobile systems.

The v-MP20x0MOB product line complements the existing v-MP2000 family of video engines which offload stream processing to optimized C code on standard RISC cores like ARM9, ARM11, MIPS4K, MIPS24K, etc. for system designs where headroom on the system CPU is available. A separate product line targeting consumer HD applications is scheduled for release later this year.

videantis strengthens executive team with well networked industry insider

Hannover, Germany - October 1, 2007 - videantis GmbH, a leading provider of video engines, today announced the appointment of Young-Hun Kluge as Vice President Sales and Marketing. In this position, Mr. Kluge's responsibilities include sales and marketing initiatives and the expansion of the global sales structure to continuously increase videantis' worldwide market position in the segments of mobile and home multimedia.

"Mr. Kluge's internationally respected industry competence in the video business community adds great value to our executive team," said Hans-Joachim Stolberg, CEO and CTO. "His proven track record for global IP business expansion and for worldwide sales leadership will be a key to our strategy for establishing further presence in the high growth multimedia market. We welcome Young-Hun Kluge in our company."

Mr. Kluge has more than 13 years IP business experience and joins videantis from Silicon Image, where he held the position of a Director in Sales and Marketing for IP business. His position was transformed from a three years VP Sales and Marketing position through the acquisition of sci-worx by Silicon Image in January this year. In these positions, he highly increased market penetration, especially in Asia and developed very successful product portfolio partnerships. Prior to these responsibilities, Mr. Kluge held positions in key account management, marketing, and engineering at sci-worx/SICAN. Mr. Kluge holds an MS in microelectronics from the University of Hannover.

"I am extremely happy to join videantis," Mr. Kluge said. "There is a portfolio of the most advanced video solution packages available that is unmatched in the industry. This offering brings tremendous value to the market as it is a flexible video technology up to high-definition resolution. It supports the customers to offer up-to-date products to the fast moving consumer market to decrease system cost. I am looking forward to contributing my skills, experience, and network in the interest of videantis' existing and future customers and partners."

About videantis

videantis GmbH, based in Hannover, Germany, is a leading chip, silicon IP, and software solutions provider for mobile, home, and custom multimedia applications. videantis combines the expertise of an application-adapted, yet fully programmable architecture, an extensive portfolio of optimized applications, and system-on-chip integration services to offer comprehensive one-stop video solutions. Based on its application-optimized processor platform family, videantis licenses multi-standard capable video IP solutions for the most advanced video coding standards, including H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, DivX, WMV9/VC-1, etc., and video enhancement. As a fast-growing company, videantis continues to extend its technical expertise with further build-up of personnel. For more information about videantis, please visit http://www.videantis.com.

Contact:
Young-Hun Kluge
Schneiderberg 32
30167 Hannover
e-mail: yhk@videantis.com

Munich, Hanover, Germany - January 24, 2007 - Infineon Technologies AG and videantis GmbH have successfully realized multi-standard video processing solutions in the most advanced high-performance 65nm low-power CMOS technology. Infineon developed the 65nm process technology in the leading 65/45nm development alliance consisting of IBM, Chartered, Infineon, and Samsung. The IC (Integrated Circuit) was produced with Chartered Semiconductor in Singapore.

The chip was developed by videantis and is especially designed for mobile multimedia applications. The IC is based on multiple cores of the v-MP2000M multi-standard video engine. Due to its full programmability, the video architecture features video compression and decompression, e.g., H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, WMV9/VC-1, and MPEG-2, transcoding, and video enhancement functionality like scaling and blending. With an area less than 1mm² and supporting operating frequencies of 300MHz and beyond, this video engine is ideally suited for a wide range of products, e.g. from design-to-cost optimized mobile phones up to high definition television applications.

The successful project between the two companies again demonstrates the outstanding capabilities of Infineon's 65nm power efficient process technology allowing the realisation of H.264 Baseline Profile decoding at D1 resolution on a single v-MP2000M core with unprecedented 15mW.

The videantis video processor is a further proof that Infineon's 65nm platform technology combines excellent chip performance for most advanced applications at very low power consumption with a design system fostering first-time-right realizations.

About videantis

videantis GmbH, Hannover, Germany, is a leading chip, silicon IP, and software solutions provider for mobile, home, and custom multimedia applications. videantis combines the expertise of an application-adapted, yet fully programmable architecture, an extensive portfolio of optimized applications, and system-on-chip integration services to offer comprehensive one-stop video solutions. Based on its application-optimized processor platform family, videantis licenses multi-standard capable video IP solutions for the most advanced video coding standards, including H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, H.263, DivX, WMV9/VC-1, and MPEG-2, and video enhancement. As a fast-growing company, videantis continues to extend its technical expertise with further build-up of personnel.

About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society including energy efficiency, mobility and security. In fiscal year 2006 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 7.9 billion (including Qimonda sales of Euro 3.8 billion) with approximately 42,000 employees worldwide (including approximately 12,000 Qimonda employees). With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com.

Hannover, Germany - August 14, 2006 - videantis GmbH, a leading IP provider of multi-standard video processing solutions, announces the availability of silicon samples of its v-MP2000 video processor family manufactured in the most advanced 65nm technology.

"We consider the availability of 65nm structured system on silicon with our video processing cores as another important milestone on our way to providing most advanced solutions to our customers," said Hans-Joachim Stolberg, CEO & CTO of videantis. "Our customers with high volume applications in consumer and mobile applications get a solution now to leapfrog anyone in terms of performance, integration, and power consumption."

The videantis chip, manufactured in a low-power technology and specifically designed for mobile multimedia applications, comprises two v-MP2000M subsystems, a controlling RISC processor, additional on-chip SRAM, multi-standard video input/output interfaces, and host processor and memory interfaces. The full programmability of the v-MP2000 family of video IP supports the whole range of video compression standards like H.264/AVC and MPEG-4 at full frame rate up to standard TV resolution. On top of encoding and decoding applications, additional value-add features for image quality enhancement are supported.

About videantis

videantis GmbH, Hannover, Germany, is a leading chip, silicon IP, and software solutions provider for mobile, home, and custom multimedia applications. videantis combines the expertise of an application-adapted, yet fully programmable architecture, an extensive portfolio of optimized applications, and system-on-chip integration services to offer comprehensive one-stop video solutions. Based on its application-optimized processor platform family, videantis licenses multi-standard capable video IP solutions for the most advanced video coding standards including H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, H.263, DivX, WMV9/VC-1, and MPEG-2, and video enhancement. As a fast-growing company, videantis continues to extend its technical expertise with further build-up of personnel at its location Germany. For more information about videantis GmbH please visit http://www.videantis.com.

Hannover, Germany, and Schwalbach, Germany - August 08, 2006 - videantis GmbH, a leading IP provider of multi-standard video processing solutions, today announced that SoCTechnology GmbH & Co. KG has taken a license for the videantis(TM) v-MP2000 SD video processing subsystem. SoCTechnology, a well established German ASIC & SoC design house, has chosen videantis' v-MP2000 SD subsystem due to its flexibility and superior silicon efficiency.

Martin Damrau, CEO of SoCTechnology, said, "The multistandard functionality of videantis' video solution was one of the key factors for our selection. Another key point for our next generation cost-effective Voice and Video over IP (V2oIP) ASIC was the programmability and to achieve lowest system cost. With videantis, we have a cost-efficient turn-key solution that can carry us into the future."

Hans-Joachim Stolberg, CEO & CTO of videantis, said, "We are proud to have SoCTechnology as one of our new licensees. We regard this as another proof of the competitive position of the videantis video processing solution. We are sure that SoCTechnology will gain major attraction for its Voice and Video over IP solution in the market. "

The videantis v-MP2000 SD is the dual-core architecture out of videantis' family of scalable video subsystems. It supports all video compression standards like MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, and VC-1, as well as a wide range of value-add image enhancements, and is especially suited for simultaneous encoding and decoding applications up to standard definition resolutions.

About SoCTechnology

SoCTechnology is a well established ASIC & SoC Design House with major design and sales activities in Central & Western Europe, providing both, technical and commercial SINGLE CHIP Solutions for VoIP and Video Phones as well as for G3/UMTS, GSM and ISDN Phones. SoCTechnology (www.soct.de) develops Turn-Key System-on-Chip ASIC Designs and manufactures the VI-18xx family of VoIP/MoIP/Video chips for low cost single chip Internet phone solutions.

About videantis

San Jose, CA, Fall Processor Forum - October 25, 2005 - videantis GmbH (Hannover, Germany), a leading IP and semiconductor solutions provider for innovative multistandard mobile and home video applications, announced the addition of two new cores to its portfolio of video IP solutions. The new cores are the next generation of an overall roadmap supporting the latest standards and video enhancement technologies.

Both solutions are based on the new videantis v-MP2 processor platform, the successor to the silicon-proven v-MP1 core. The v-MP2 , supporting both single and multicore designs, is enhanced in processing performance for latest video coding standards (H.264/AVC, WMV9/VC-1, MPEG-4), power consumption and reduced size.

The videantis v-MP2000M mobile solution especially supports the requirements for multistandard capabilities and low power of applications like mobile phones, portable media players, and smartphones.

"Video is nowadays an integral part of mobile phones, and requirements for video enhancement ever increase. With the v-MP2000M, mobile phones for example can be realized at a new performance level for highest-quality mobile resolutions without frame drops and with 25% increase in battery life. This is a contribution to our commitment to provide leading edge capabilities for most innovative value-add, yet cost sensitive products," said Hans-Joachim Stolberg, CEO of videantis. The v-MP2000M is based on a single v-MP2 processor core and integrates seamlessly with any standard control processor. The fully synthesizable, target technology independent core is offered with a fully optimized software suite for current video coding like H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, and others.