Skymicro to distribute VSOFTS AVC-I Encoder on MerlinIP PCIe board

Los Altos, CA--Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc (VSOFTS), a recognized leader in development of video coding products and technologies, has reached a distribution agreement with Skymicro, a recognized Xilinx FPGA solution provider, to integrate and distribute VSOFTS AVC-I Encoder IP Core with Skymicro MerlinIP PCIe board.

"VSOFTS’ AVC-I encoder has very low latency and can support a variety of frame rate, bitrate and resolution settings" said Vice President of VSOFTS, Felix Nemirovsky. "While we support AVC-Intra class50 and class100 interoperability, our encoder can be used for any type of High Value Content acquisition, editing and archiving. VSOFTS is the first company offerring a low latency 1080p60, 10bit encode of up to 300Mbps for real-time editing. Whether you are making a portable Broadcast recorder or transmitting high value content for remote archiving, our AVC-I encoder will work for you.”

"One popular request from our customers is AVC-I low latency, high quality content ingest." said Skymicro VP of Business Development, Mark Dolar. "Such applications as SPORTS Slow-motion, live editing and high value content capture can be accomplished in the AVC-I encoder by simply adding Skymicro’s MerlinIP board to customer systems. The VSOFTS AVC-I IP Core has been fully integrated and tested on MerlinIP and is available from Skymicro now.”

The Skymicro MerlinIP board can be used to capture video feeds of up to 1080p60 resolution via 3G HD-SDI input and encoded into AVC-I format as a file or a stream. The resulting file or stream can be played back through HD/SDI with VSOFTS AVC software decoder also available through Skymicro. MerlinIP boards can support up to 4 3G inputs and multiple boards can be synchronized in a single system. For more information on Skymicro MerlinIP products and VSOFTS AVC-I IP Core please visit these sites:

http://www.Skymicro.com/MerlinIP.pdf
http://www.vsofts.com/products/ip-core-avc-intra.html

At NAB, please visit Skymicro booth at SL7725.

For a private demonstration of AVC-I encoder please visit this site and fill out a meeting request: http://vsofts.com/news/nab-show-2010.html

About Vanguard Software Solutions

Vanguard Software Solutions (VSOFTS) is the Leading Provider of H.264 Video Technology, developing highly-complex patented video and audio compression algorithms. Founded in 1995 VSOFTS has been first to develop a commercial real-time H.264/AVC encoder for x86 Platforms. VSOFTS develops and markets state-of-the-art H.264 CODECS as Software SDKs, IP Cores for FPGAs, DSP and other hardware and software solutions. Target applications include Broadcast, Internet Streaming, Video Communications and variety of Commercial and Industrial Verticals. For more information, visit www.vsofts.com.

About Skymicro

Skymicro has been a leading manufacturer of digital video/audio equipment for the media industry since 1999. Skymicro’s Merlin family of VIDEO Capture/CODEC boards represent a tight integration of logic and circuitry, providing high performance Audio/Video IO with irresistible functionality. Skymicro offers superior engineering support for popular codecs and processing capabilities along with customization for specific needs.

Contacts

Skymicro
Mark Dolar, 310-890-7577
mdolar@skymicro.com

Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc.
Felix Nemirovsky, 415-643-0944
felix@vsofts.com