Metalink is joining forces with industry leaders to provide comprehensive reference design solutions for Residential Gateways (RG), Access Points (AP), Set-Top Boxes (STB), Digital Media Adaptors (DMA), Wireless TV and more.
Combining the performance power of Intel® processors with the performance power of Metalink’s WLANPlus 802.11n technology offers a connected home environment. The joint Development Kit consisting of Intel's IXP4XX product line and Metalink's WLANPlus wireless connectivity enables rapid system development of wireless multimedia residential gateway with advanced features such as video telephony, seamless 802.11n wireless connectivity and more. The joint offering enables building products that can meet the emerging demand for in-house connectivity to allow distribution and sharing for video, voice data and gaming applications.
The integration of Metalink’s WLANPlus chip-set with Jabil’s set-top box design provides unique capabilities. In addition to receiving, storing and decoding HD video, these set-top boxes can transmit multiple video streams to remote locations throughout the home over a wireless network, at wire line quality. The collaboration between Metalink and Jabil offers state-of-the-art HD video STBs, with cost-effective design, a highly flexible architecture, and customizable user interface. The devices support a wide variety of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Conditional Access (CA) solutions.
The seamless integration of Metalink's WLANPlus 802.11n wireless module with Sigma Designs' Vantage 8634 IPTV set-top box Development Kit enables the rapid system development of Wireless IP STBs, Digital Media Adaptors, PVRs, wireless HDTV and more. The joint reference design offers customers a complete solution for wireless IPTV set-top boxes and digital TVs. The 802.11n wireless connectivity enables meeting the full performance connectivity requirements of the digital home.
Combining ST Microelectronics' STi7109 High Definition single chip set-top box decoder with Metalink's unique CE-grade WLANPlus technology provides the best of breed home multimedia solution, meeting the new QoS requirements of the connected home. It enables sharing and enjoying the full suite of AV formats while benefiting from the full merits of convenient and flexible connectivity. The innovative and robust solution allows the set-top box to become a core multimedia appliance in home networks, for both operator and retail markets.
