advanced technology for high-quality video and sound STB0210X digital set-top box integrated controllers enable economical solutions for digital video broadcasting (dvb), digital recording and video delivery systems provide design flexibility help our customers: ? improve time-to-market ? reduce software development cycle single-chip controllers enable more capable stb products ibm STB0210X digital set-top box integrated controllers provide single-chip solutions for mainstream dvb, digital recording and video delivery applications, including video on demand and interac- tive electronic program guides. new members of ibms family of stb products, these controllers incorporate an ibm powerpc 401 tm processor within ibms stb architecture. featuring ibm blue logic tm technology and manufactured using ibms advanced 0.25-micron process, the STB0210X controllers incorporate four powerful sub syst ems processor, digital audio/video, peripheral and memory interfaces. the efficient STB0210X controller design makes more mips available to stb manufacturers by allowing the base audio and video decoding activities to execute with minimal host processing, while the new ide interface and anti-flicker-filter highlights feature allow easier enablement of advanced applications and graphical user interfaces. a unified memory architecture provides configuration flexibility. the advanced features of the ibm stb02100 and ibm stb02101 controllers include: ? integrated powerpc 401 processor ? mpeg-2 audio/video decoder ? mpeg-2 transport demultiplexer ? on-screen display controller ? ntsc/pal digital encoder ? ide interface, smart card and serial ports in addition to these features, the stb02101 controller provides macrovision copy protection support. with STB0210X controllers, manufacturers can deliver cost-effective stb solutions for customers. further, a common architecture across ibms powerpc- based stb product family and ibms diverse development environment can help expedite the design process. code compatibility between family members allows designers to create a full range of end products with less software develop- ment effort. the development environ- ment, including tools, evaluation systems and software enablement, can help manufacturers bring next-generation interactive stb solutions to market rapidly. powerpc 401 delivers high performance the powerpc 401 processor, the heart of the processor subsystem , features operation at 54 mhz, a 16-kb instruction cache and an 8-kb data cache to maximize overall application perfor- mance. with this processing capability, products can efficiently support elec- tronic programming guides, digital recording and other 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 applications. the digital audio and video subsystem i ncorporates: ? mpeg-2 video decoder with anti-flicker filter and five on-screen display (osd)/ video planes ? mpeg-2 transport and dvb descrambler ? mpeg-2 audio decoder ? digital encoder, including ntsc/pal analog conversion, six concurrent analog video outputs and compatibility with scart connectors single-chip controllers enable value- add stb products.
? macrovision copy protection support (stb02101 controller only; note: a macrovision license is required) ? audio pll peripheral interface choices and memory interface provide design flexibility the peripheral interface subsystem provides the range of interfaces design- ers need to meet customer requirements: ? general purpose timers, pulse width modulation (gpt, pwm) ? smart card interface (sci) ? inter-integrated circuit (i 2 c) interface ? uart interface (16550) ? serial and infrared communications controller (sicc) ? serial control port ? modem i/f ? general purpose input/output (gpio) controllers g522-0400-00 *07g522040000* specifications ibm stb02100 & ibm stb02101 performance 54 mhz / 57 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 2.1 watts (nominal) operating temperature range 0 c to 70 c (ambient) package 352-pin, 35-mm pbga 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 401 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 sub system includes an sdram interface with up to 16 mb, 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 debug/compiler tools, are available to help improve manufactur- ers time-to-market. ibm offers microsoft ? windows ? 98 hosted development tools, such as a c/c++ compiler and the riscwatch debugger for non-invasive, rtos-aware debug. additionally, the powerpc 401 processors widely adopted and scalable architecture is supported by the ibm powerpc tm embedded tools program, giving designers access to third-party tools to meet various development needs. for more information, visit our web site at www.chips.ibm.com . sicc digital audio/video subsystem peripheral subsystem processor subsystem memory subsystem timers smartcard i/f i 2 c i/f modem interface gpio interrupt controller powerpc 401 core i cache d cache cross bar switch dma controller sdram i/f mpeg2 transport dvb descrambler denc mpeg2 video decoder osd mpeg2 audio decoder audio pll macrovision copy protection is only available on the stb02101 controller. scp interface 16550 serial pwm sram, ide, flash, rom interface ibm STB0210X block diagram
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