ViXS Announces the First Network Media Processor with Quad Transcoding and Integrated MoCA®

ViXS is enabling a world of "anywhere, anytime" entertainment with unsurpassed video quality and video distribution over MoCA®

Toronto, Canada – June 15, 2011. ViXS Systems Inc. announced today the XCode® 5195, the first network media processor, with quad transcoding and an integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) networking functionality. XCode® 5195 provides the complete SoC solution for whole home distribution of premium content to any device while maintaining digital rights protection, quality and connectivity. The XCode® 5195 is a highly integrated and robust solution designed for service providers who are looking to distribute their content to multiple displays inside and outside of the home. Sampling now, the XCode® 5195 leads the market in terms of integration and advanced functionality making it a media processor of choice for home based gateway devices.

"The introduction of the XCode® 5195 with integrated MoCA represents a significant step forward in our charter to become the premier networking video processing company", said Sally Daub, President & CEO of ViXS. "ViXS is well known as a leader in media-processing and with the introduction of embedded MoCA to these solutions we now offer our customers a complete and highly integrated solution for whole home distribution of premium content.

"We look forward to continuing to advance our technologies and product roadmaps as the industry continues to quickly evolve in anywhere, anytime entertainment paradigm," continued Ms. Daub.
Key features in the XCode® 5195 are:

• Integrated MoCA® 1.1 technology
• High level of concurrency allowing customers to enable whole home DVR; place-shifting; and content consumption on Apple iPadTM and other tablet and mobile devices
• Real-time HD to HD transcoding, trans-wrapping, and transcryption of up to 4 simultaneous HD streams to serve multiple Internet Protocol (IP) based devices within the home
• Faster than real-time transcode on stored content
• Advanced security processor architecture to enable security for leading digital rights management providers (DRM), Conditional Access providers (CA), and leading broadcast operators
• Supports concurrent 1080p60 encoding and transcoding
• ViXS patented VQoSTM (video quality of service) implementation for maintaining video quality in bandwidth constrained networks
• ViXS XtensivTM Software Stack enables faster time-to-market and greatly reduces required engineering resources
• Low power and compact design
• 40 nanometer process with flip chip technology
  

Please contact our sales department at sales@vixs.com for samples, pricing and further information.

About ViXS Systems Inc.
ViXS is a multimedia solutions innovator providing technologies for processing, managing, securing and distributing high quality video and audio allowing seamless control, conversion, and connectivity between many classes and sizes of digital entertainment devices.

ViXS supplies advanced System-on-Chip semiconductors, software solutions and hardware reference designs for the world's top manufacturers of Digital TVs, DVDs, Set-top boxes, Personal Video Recorders, PCs, Network-Attached Storage devices, Residential/Home Gateways, Blu-ray players/recorders, as well as Broadcast and Professional Equipment OEMs.

ViXS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with global operations and offices in Europe, Asia and North America. ViXS has filed more than 275 patents worldwide with over 85 patents being issued to date. Listed for four years running as one of Deloitte's fastest growing North American companies, ViXS is setting new standards in the way digital entertainment is viewed and transmitted across an endless array of multimedia products.

For more information on ViXS, please visit our website: www.vixs.com.

For further information: Janet Craig, Tel: (647) 260-2056, E-mail: jcraig@vixs.com