playback, storage, and personal video recording," Philips said.

The STB810 development kit is based on the company's Nexperia PNX855x Home Entertainment Engine, a multi-core system-on-chip (SoC) processor that includes a MIPS32 CPU core along with dual TriMedia media processing cores.


STB810 block diagram
According to Philips, the STB810 has already been designed into a new ODM/OEM (original design manufacturer / original equipment manufacturer) IP-STB platform by TeleGent GmbH. TeleGent's Evolution1 ODM/OEM STB runs Windows CE 5.0 and supports content playback from both cable and wireless IP sources.

The STB810 STB reference platform is available with a choice of Windows CE or embedded Linux operating systems, Philips said.

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