With the advent of VoIP technology and IP communication core networks, and the migration from IP telephony to IP video and telepresence services, media transcoding has become a strategic imperative.

The SP2704 and SP2716 StarPro multicore media and baseband processors deliver superior media transcoding capabilities, building on the success of the award-winning LSI SP2600. Based on a new, higher performance version of the LSI StarCore digital signal processor (DSP) core, the four-core SP2704 and sixteen-core SP2716 provide more than twice the processing capacity of competitive DSP architectures – and can scale to more than 3,000 simultaneous media gateway channels while using less power.

These third-generation StarPro processors enable you to develop higher density, more energy-efficient gateways and base stations – for a lot less money. The SP2700 provides a single technology platform for a wide range of applications, from enterprise and carrier-class media gateways to wireless base stations. All StarPro media processors are equipped with embedded CPUs and integrated high-density memory. This eliminates the need for external memory in many applications as well as carrier-class, packet-processing engines that support advanced quality of service and traffic management. Software compatible to the previous SP2600, the SP2700 provides a seamless migration from existing LSI media and baseband processors.

Media Gateway Architecture — AMC Form-Factor

All LSI StarPro media processors feature low-power process technology and advanced packaging. They are supported by a comprehensive software development environment, which includes an industry-leading suite of proven DSP software. Customers can choose from a library that includes audio, data, and video codecs which are compliant with the SVC, H.264, H.263, and MPEG-4 protocols.

Axxia Media Accelerator