Xilinx and 4i2i demonstrate H.264 HD encoder and decoder with streaming over RTP

Las Vegas -- April 17, 2007 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), and 4i2i, a world-leading provider of hardware and software advanced video and audio coding technologies, today announced one of the world’s first demonstration of an FPGA-based real-time H.264 main profile video encoder, coupled with a high profile video decoder, with streaming over RTP, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference, April 16-19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada booth #SU14609. Implemented on Xilinx Virtex™-5 FPGAs, both cores are licensable intellectual property (IP) cores developed by 4i2i. They deliver a high-performance, high-quality solution for many compression and transcoding requirements across the broadcast industry.

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About 4i2i

4i2i Communications Ltd is a leading supplier of semiconductor IP cores and software for video-coding. Founded in 1995, 4i2i's operations are located in Aberdeen, Scotland and San Jose, California. Telephone: +44 1224 712844 (UK) or 408 467 5088 (US).