STiH273 is a highly integrated SoC solution for the advanced decoding set-top box market across cable and terrestrial networks. It is suitable for operator markets and retail markets worldwide, providing a cost-effective and high-performance STB solution, including basic zappers, interactive STBs, and DVR STBs with content delivery possible using broadcast or broadband networks or both.
The STMicroelectronics STiH273 is a highly integrated System on Chip (SoC) designed for set-top boxes (STBs). It targets the advanced decoding market across cable, terrestrial, satellite, and IP networks. The processor integrates an applications CPU with L1 and L2 caches to handle multimedia-rich services and web-based content.
The integrated low power standby controller targets a standby power level of less than 0.5 W.
The processor supports decoding of H264, MPEG2, VC-1, and AVS HD video streams.
It integrates dual mode DVB-T and DVB-C demodulation along with forward error correction.