Solomon Systech Limited

The MagusCore^TM family from Solomon Systech is an application processor platform designed for portable multimedia applications. The MagusCore^TM processor, based on dual-core architecture, has integrated an Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) core with a highly-efficient multimedia core，AV-DSP or VPU, to provide high performance multimedia applications and flexible connectivity design with wireless, wired and external multimedia devices. It provides a very cost competitive system solutions with comprehensive audio/video capabilites, power saving features, efficient memory usage and proven user interface design for multimedia products.

The Video Processing Unit (VPU) in SSD1938 provides full HD decoding and 720p encoding capability at 200MHz clock speed. The AV-DSP provides a high level of processing power and flexibility to support a wide range of codec including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVC/H.264 up to D1 resolution. The support of MPEG-2/H.264 D1 decoding and the Transport Stream Interface (TSI) make the SSD1935/36 family an ideal solution for mobile digital TV applications.

Equipped with dedicated video processing engine, the processor offers a high quality video/image scaling to match video source with various display modules or different resolutions. The 2D graphic engine supports functions like overlay and graphic acceleration for enhance graphic user interface that offers 10 times performance improvement for Android user interface. SSD1938 is also added with vertical keystone correction that is ideal for standalone projector design.

The MagusCore^TM family offers a broad array of peripherals and memory interfaces such as SDHC/SDIO/MMC/eMMC, USB2.0, SDRAM, mDDR, DDR2 and NAND/NOR Flash. It also has an integrated video encoder to support NTSC/PAL TV output via composite video (CVBS) or S-video.

The SSD1935/36/38 multimedia processor solutions have enabled a number of proven product designs such as Android portable multimedia player (PMP), pico-projector, mini-projector, IP camera, car surveillance system, DVR, Android GPS terminal, musical instrument, eReader, digital TV, personal navigation device and many other industrial applications.  In addition, the latest SSD1938 has an enhanced MagusCore^TM architecture design with high-definition (HD) video playback and a 720p video recorder, which offers excellent performance and cost competitiveHD-focused products such as intelligent projector, Android MID and media box.

Applications: Projector, Android MID, DVR, PMP, PND, MDTV, surveillance system, etc.

Features

MagusCore^TM enables system solutions that require comprehensive multimedia feature support, simplicity of system integration, device connectivity, user friendly power saving design for longer battery life and greener environment.

Multi-Standard Audio/Video Codec
—H.264/AVC encode/decode
—H.263 encode/decode
—MPEG4 encode/decode
—MJPEG encode/decode
—MPEG1/2 decode
—Divx (Xvid) decode
—Sorenson Spark decode
—WMV9, VC-1, AVS, RealVideo decode
—JPEG encode/decode
—FLV, MP3, WMV, WMA, AC3, HE-AAC (AAC+)

System Integration
—High fidelity audio codec
—USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 device
——DV-in support BT656 and BT1120 HD interfaces
—High speed RGB888 input for 3D video
—Built-in NTSC/PAL TV encoder
—Built-in touch panel controller
—Vertical keystone correction
—Stacked mobile DDR option
—SDHC/SDIO/eMMC

System Connectivity (Wireless, Wired, Devices)
—Connectivity with WiFi, GPS, GSM, 3G, FM radio, Bluetooth
—Connectivity with HDMI, analogue front-end decoder, Ethernet PHY
—Support CMMB, DMB-T/H, DVB-T digital TV standards

System power saving design
—Sleep mode – with fast wakeup control
—Content adaptive Dynamic Backlight Control
—2D graphics engine for GUI acceleration

Application Diagram