7-Series Family Overview

The 7-Series Product Family is the latest state-of-the-art single-chip high-definition transcodec from Magnum Semiconductors. The 7-Series family offers complete SoC solutions of chips, platforms, and software for consumer applications including DVR, Blu-ray Disc Players and Recorders, BD Receivers, and Set-Top Boxes, as well as high-performance broadcast encode, decode, and transcode functions in production, contribution, and distribution applications.

The 7-Series device is a digital media processing chip which includes media processor and multiple MIPS cores for multi-standard encode, decode and transcode of high-definition compressed and encrypted digital audio-video media. The programmable media processor provide a flexible tradeoff between conversion speed and quality, while the MIPS cores provide high-performance audio and a robust application platform.

In consumer applications, the media processors enable operating scenarios involving multiple concurrent HD decodes and transcodes for the most demanding concurrencies.  Multi-chip operation is also possible to provide superior broadcast-quality HD encoding and transcoding, including 1080p60 encode and dual-pass HD encoding in real-time.

The 7-Series performance enables decoding of up to 2 streams of 1080p60 content. The media processor supports decode, transcode, transrate, and encode of multiple HD bit streams in H.264, Mpeg2, VC-1, Mpeg4, and DV formats.

SoC integration for consumer application includes a complete suite of AV interfaces (including HDMI and Analog DACs), storage interfaces for NAND flash, flash cards, and SPI flash, along with low speed serial and GPIO interfaces.  High-bandwidth interfaces including Ethernet, SATA, USB, PCI Express, and IEEE 1394 support bulk data communication. Support for conditional access is provided by POD-CI and smart card interfaces along with on chip security features to protect digital content from unauthorized access.

Broad software support is provided for both the low-level functions of encode, decode, and transcode, as well as the high-level application functions for BD and DVR models. LINUX, OpenGL, a comprehensive set of APIs, and fully-functional sample applications provide a robust development platform for leading-edge products.

AV Functions

• Encode and Decode of H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 in HD and SD
• BT1120 interface for input of high-definition uncompressed input
• Encode and Decode of MPEG audio, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio
• 8-channel I2S input and output
• 7 graphics planes with 8- and 32-bit graphics, color space conversions, scaling, and JPEG acceleration

SoC Functions

• 1150 DMIPS CPU performance
• DDR2 and DDR3 memory, up to -1333 speed and up to 2GB capacity
• NAND flash controller with SDHC support
• HDMI Link and PHY, v1.3
• PCI-Express
• Dual SATA-2
• Triple USB-2 High-Speed
• MII and RGMII interfaces supporting 10/100/1Gb networking
• SD and MMC
• 5 serial transport stream inputs and 2 parallel transport stream inputs
• Dual SMART Card interfaces
• Front-panel management control
• Power management to support "green" requirements through 2012

Security and Cipher Functions

• AES128
• DVBCSA v2
• SHA1/2
• Multi2
• RC4
• M6
• C2
• DES/3DES
• CSS

Reference Platform

Magnum's "Indigo" platform supports the 7-Series Product Family of AV Transcodecs.  Applications include BD player / recorders, DVRs, Receivers, and Set-top Boxes. Indigo has a full complement of analog and digital inputs and outputs for AV content, as well as digital interfaces to consumer products and networks. Indigo includes optical, hard-drive, and flash-memory devices to support all forms of storage. It is provided as a complete system with example code and documentation.

MS8501 is the latest state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solution that provides low-cost DVD Playback and Recording technology, suitable for DVD Recorders. A full DVDR stack provides a robust platform for developing integrated recorders which can tune and record analog broadcasts, and archive the contents onto optical media which can play in any DVD player.

The MS8501 has two High Definition (1920 x 1280) graphics planes and hardware-based JPEG decoding for attractive GUIs and rapid display of digital photographs. Hardware acceleration is provided for bit-blt, pattern logical compare and color fill. MS8xxx incorporates 148.5 MHz video DACs which can output high-definition 1080p, and an on-chip HDMI link.

MS8501 can transcode MPEG-2 TS to MPEG-2 PS for DVD burning. It can also transcode between MPEG-2, DivX and MPEG-4 ASP formats. It has an encode and decode audio DSP on-chip for decode/encode and transcode.

MS8501 offers a high level of system integration which surpasses other solutions. It has a host interface/PATA interface for loader and flash connections. It has SPI flash interface for low-cost serial flash. It has USB2.0 Link and PHY. SD /MMC controller is integrated for mobile device support.

AV Functions

• Supports MPEG-2 stream transrating and MPEG-4/DivX to MPEG-2 transcoding
• Dual video inputs and dual audio inputs ports
• MPEG SD Video Decoder, support MPEG-2 MP@ ML, MPEG-1 decoder and DivX^TM, MPEG-4 decoding
• Supports DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD, VCD, VCD 2.0, SVCD
• Integrated DV25 decoder
• Audio DSPs for encoding and decoding including MPEG Layer I & II and Dolby Digital AC3

SoC Functions

• MIPS 24KC Application processors @ 400 MHz
• 400Mhz DDR2 16-bit or 32-bit data bus up to 256 MBytes
• Simultaneous three TS inputs and dual TS output
• Simultaneous Progressive and interlaced output for SD NTSC/PAL mode output.
• High quality Picture-In-Picture scaler
• HDMI v1.1 MAC with optional interface to external HDMI v1.3 Link + PHY
• IEEE 1394 link layer to external PHY
• USB 2.0 OTG
• SD/MMC

Security and Cipher Functions

• Compressive content protection including 3DES, AES, DTCP, DVB-CSA & Multi2, HDCP for HDMI and VCPS for DVD+R/+RW

MS8510 is the latest state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solution that provides next-generation DVD Playback and Recording technology, suitable for DVD Recorders and DVRs. Transport stream and smart card interfaces, comprehensive descramblers and ciphers, and a full digital and analog DVR stack provides a robust platform for developing integrated recorders which can tune and record analog and digital broadcasts, perform trick-mode playback, and archive the contents onto optical media which can play in any DVD player.

The MS8510 has two High Definition (1920 x 1280) graphics planes and hardware-based JPEG decoding for attractive GUIs and rapid display of digital photographs. Hardware acceleration is provided for bit-blt, pattern logical compare and color fill. MS8xxx incorporates 148.5 MHz video DACs which can output high-definition 1080p, and an on-chip HDMI link.

MS8510 offers a high level of system integration which surpasses other solutions. It has a dual host interface/PATA interface for loader and flash connections. It has SPI flash interface for low-cost serial flash. It has a SATA Link and PHY integrated for SATA hard-drives. It has USB2.0 Link and PHY. SD /MMC controller is integrated for mobile device support.

AV Functions

• Supports MPEG-2 stream transrating and MPEG-4/DivX to MPEG-2 transcoding
• Dual video inputs and dual audio inputs ports
• Dual MPEG Video Decoder (single HD or dual SD), support MPEG-2 MP@ ML, MPEG-2 MP@ HL, MPEG-1 decoder and DivX^TM, MPEG-4 decoding
• Supports DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD, VCD, VCD 2.0, SVCD
• Integrated DV25 decoder
• Audio DSPs for encoding and decoding including MPEG Layer I & II and Dolby Digital AC3
• Dual graphic planes

SoC Functions

• MIPS 24KC Application processors @ 400 MHz
• 400Mhz DDR2 16-bit or 32-bit data bus up to 256 MBytes
• Simultaneous three TS inputs and dual TS output
• Simultaneous Progressive and interlaced output for SD NTSC/PAL mode output.
• High quality Picture-In-Picture scaler
• HDMI v1.1 MAC with optional interface to external HDMI v1.3 Link + PHY
• IEEE 1394 link layer to external PHY
• SATA 1
• USB 2.0 OTG
• SD/MMC
• ATAPI/IDE interface to control hard disk drives

Security and Cipher Functions

• Compressive content protection including 3DES, AES, DTCP, DVB-CSA & Multi2, HDCP for HDMI and VCPS for DVD+R/+RW

MS8511 is the latest state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solution that provides next-generation DVD Playback and Recording technology, suitable for DVD Recorders and DVRs. A full DVR stack provides a robust platform for developing integrated recorders which can tune and record analog broadcasts, perform trick-mode playback, and archive the contents onto optical media which can play in any DVD player.

The MS8511 has two High Definition (1920 x 1280) graphics planes and hardware-based JPEG decoding for attractive GUIs and rapid display of digital photographs. Hardware acceleration is provided for bit-blt, pattern logical compare and color fill. MS8xxx incorporates 148.5 MHz video DACs which can output high-definition 1080p, and an on-chip HDMI link.

MS8511 offers a high level of system integration which surpasses other solutions. It has a dual host interface/PATA interface for loader and flash connections. It has SPI flash interface for low-cost serial flash. It has a SATA Link and PHY integrated for SATA hard-drives. It has USB2.0 Link and PHY. SD /MMC controller is integrated for mobile device support.

AV Functions

• Supports MPEG-2 stream transrating and MPEG-4/DivX to MPEG-2 transcoding
• Dual video inputs and dual audio inputs ports
• MPEG Video Decoder for MPEG-2 MP@ ML, MPEG-1 decoder and DivX^TM MPEG-4 decoding
• Supports DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD, VCD, VCD 2.0, SVCD
• Integrated DV25 decoder
• Audio DSPs for encoding and decoding including MPEG Layer I & II and Dolby Digital AC3
• Dual graphic planes

SoC Functions

• MIPS 24KC Application processors @ 400 MHz
• 400Mhz DDR2 16-bit or 32-bit data bus up to 256 MBytes
• Simultaneous Progressive and interlaced output for SD NTSC/PAL mode output.
• High quality Picture-In-Picture scaler
• HDMI v1.1 MAC with optional interface to external HDMI v1.3 Link + PHY
• IEEE 1394 link layer to external PHY
• SATA 1
• USB 2.0 OTG
• SD/MMC
• ATAPI/IDE interface to control hard disk drives

Security and Cipher Functions

• Compressive content protection including 3DES, AES, DTCP, DVB-CSA & Multi2, HDCP for HDMI and VCPS for DVD+R/+RW

MS8512 is the latest state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solution that provides next-generation DVD Playback and Recording technology, suitable for DVD Recorders and dual-tuner DVRs. Transport stream and smart card interfaces, comprehensive descramblers and ciphers, and a full digital and analog DVR stack provides a robust platform for developing integrated recorders which can tune and record analog and digital broadcasts, perform trick-mode playback, and archive the contents onto optical media which can play in any DVD player.

The MS8512 has two High Definition (1920 x 1280) graphics planes and hardware-based JPEG decoding for attractive GUIs and rapid display of digital photographs. Hardware acceleration is provided for bit-blt, pattern logical compare and color fill. MS8xxx incorporates 148.5 MHz video DACs which can output high-definition 1080p, and an on-chip HDMI link.

MS8512 offers a high level of system integration which surpasses other solutions. It has a dual host interface/PATA interface for loader and flash connections. It has SPI flash interface for low-cost serial flash. It has a SATA Link and PHY integrated for SATA hard-drives. It has USB2.0 Link and PHY. SD /MMC controller is integrated for mobile device support.

AV Functions

• Supports MPEG-2 stream transrating and MPEG-4/DivX to MPEG-2 transcoding
• Dual video inputs and dual audio inputs ports
• MPEG Video Decoder supports MPEG-2 MP@ ML, MPEG-1 decoder and DivX^TM, MPEG-4 decoding
• Supports DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD, VCD, VCD 2.0, SVCD
• Integrated DV25 decoder
• Audio DSPs for encoding and decoding including MPEG Layer I & II and Dolby Digital AC3
• Dual graphic planes

SoC Functions

• MIPS 24KC Application processors @ 400 MHz
• 400Mhz DDR2 16-bit or 32-bit data bus up to 256 MBytes
• Simultaneous three TS inputs and dual TS output
• Simultaneous Progressive and interlaced output for SD NTSC/PAL mode output.
• High quality Picture-In-Picture scaler
• HDMI v1.1 MAC with optional interface to external HDMI v1.3 Link + PHY
• IEEE 1394 link layer to external PHY
• SATA 1
• USB 2.0 OTG
• SD/MMC
• ATAPI/IDE interface to control hard disk drives

Security and Cipher Functions

• Compressive content protection including 3DES, AES, DTCP, DVB-CSA & Multi2, HDCP for HDMI and VCPS for DVD+R/+RW

MS8615 is the latest state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solution that provides next-generation DVD Playback and Recording technology, suitable for DVD Recorders and dual-tuner DVRs which can support SD and HD broadcasts. Transport stream and smart card interfaces, comprehensive descramblers and ciphers, and a full digital and analog DVR stack provides a robust platform for developing integrated recorders which can tune and record analog and digital broadcasts, perform trick-mode playback, and archive the contents onto optical media which can play in any DVD player. Ethernet interface provides support for extensive network functions.

MS8615 has two MPEG-2 Decoders on-chip. It can perform two simultaneous SD MPEG-2 or DivX decodes.  It has an on-chip single-channel encoder which is capable of performing SD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP and DivX encoding.

The MS8615 has two High Definition (1920 x 1280) graphics planes and hardware-based JPEG decoding for attractive GUIs and rapid display of digital photographs. Hardware acceleration is provided for bit-blt, pattern logical compare and color fill. MS8xxx incorporates 148.5 MHz video DACs which can output high-definition 1080p, and an on-chip HDMI link.

MS8615 offers a high level of system integration which surpasses other solutions. It has a dual host interface/PATA interface for loader and flash connections. It has SPI flash interface for low-cost serial flash. It has a SATA Link and PHY integrated for SATA hard-drives. It has USB2.0 Link and PHY. SD /MMC controller is integrated for mobile device support. 8615 has an integrated 10/100 ethernet link.

The MS8615 can be connected easily to a Magnum DX22xx co-processor to provide H.264 and VC-1 HD and SD decoding, in order to support emerging digital HD broadcast standards.

AV Functions

• Supports MPEG-2 SD and HD stream transrating and MPEG-4/DivX to MPEG-2 transcoding
• Dual video inputs and dual audio inputs ports
• Dual MPEG Video Decoder (single HD or dual SD), support MPEG-2 MP@ ML, MPEG-2 MP@ HL, MPEG-1 decoder and DivX^TM, MPEG-4 decoding
• Supports DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD, VCD, VCD 2.0, SVCD
• Integrated DV25 decoder
• Audio DSPs for encoding and decoding including MPEG Layer I & II and Dolby Digital AC3
• Dual graphic planes

SoC Functions

• MIPS 24KC Application processors @ 400 MHz
• 400Mhz DDR2 16-bit or 32-bit data bus up to 256 MBytes
• Simultaneous three TS inputs and dual TS output
• Simultaneous Progressive and interlaced output for SD NTSC/PAL mode output.
• High quality Picture-In-Picture scaler
• HDMI v1.1 MAC with optional interface to external HDMI v1.3 Link + PHY
• IEEE 1394 link layer to external PHY
• SATA 1
• USB 2.0 OTG
• SD/MMC
• ATAPI/IDE interface to control hard disk drives
• Integrated 10/100 ethernet link
• SBP interface to Magnum DXT Co-processor family

Security and Cipher Functions

• Compressive content protection including 3DES, AES, DTCP, DVB-CSA & Multi2, HDCP for HDMI and VCPS for DVD+R/+RW