ST targets digital home SoCs with 64bit ARM cores
STMicroelectronics has released details of its STi8K architecture, intended for use in future SoCs for digital home applications.
The architecture is based on ARMv8-A cores, including the Cortex-A53 and A57, and it's likely that devices will be manufactured on fully depleted silicon on insulator processes at the 28nm node and beyond.
ST's STi8K architecture features Faroudja transcoding, allowing up to eight HD streams to be managed while offering advanced hardware assisted networking capabilities.
Supporting ultra high definition up to 60frame/s with wide gamut and 10bit colour, STi8K incorporates the newly defined HDMI 2.0, running at 6Gbit/s per channel, together with the latest HDCP 2.2 security and DisplayPort v1.2.
This, the company contends, will provide the necessary high speed connectivity to full colour and full frame rate Ultra HD screens.
