DiBcom Launches ''2 in 1'': a New Family of Products for a Simpler and More Highly Integrated Solution for DVB-T and DVB-H; The DIB7070-H, DIB7070-P and DIB7070-M Provide RF and Baseband Single-Chip Benefits for All Portable and Mobile TV Products

PALAISEAU, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2006--DiBcom, a designer of high-performance chipsets that enable low-power mobile and portable TV reception, today introduced its "2 in 1" family of products. With support for dual DVB-T/H standards, the "2 in 1" chipsets simplify integration into a variety of mobile and portable products, reducing design and production costs.

New products for new usage combine "2 in 1" function for easier and more cost-effective integration

Following the integration of a DVB-T demodulator and a USB/PCI bridge into a single DIB7700-P chip enabling the now "famous" DVB-T stick and more recently the integration of RF and demodulation into DiBcom's second generation DVB-H solution -- the DIB7070-H, DiBcom introduces a complete family of chips called DIB7070-P, which provides DVB-T reception only, and DIB7070-M, which supports DVB-T or DVB-H and is designed for PC, set top boxes, portable LCDs and automotive markets.

In addition to the DIB7070-H chipset, which is dedicated to DVB-H enabled cellphones, the DIB7070-P and -M will offer the ability to design highly integrated products for mobile and personal TV solutions receiving either DVB-T or DVB-H. Watching digital TV will become as simple as listening to the radio, that is, independent of time and place.

New products to bridge the higher performance, and lower power consumption and integration costs gap

The new "2 in 1" low power (400mW) DIB7070-P chipset, ideal for notebook PCs or other portable TV solutions, combines a three band (UHF, VHF, and L band) tuner with demodulator technology and facilitates highly integrated, single or diversity (dual tuner) approaches for "truly indoor" DVB-T reception on laptops. By avoiding the need for several other components (e.g. SAW, Crystal), it offers the lowest cost and smallest DVB-T receiver front-end on the market today with better performance than the ones based on in-can tuners with the same simplicity of integration.

The DIB7070-M mobile-oriented chipset will be DiBcom's first generation of "2 in 1" chipsets, allowing true mobile reception for personal TV equipment in cars, PCs, portable media players (PMPs) or portable LCD TVs supporting DVB-T and DVB-H standards.

Facilitating personal TV reception with DVB-T/DVB-H convergence

"Dual DVB-T/H standards support, combined with single or diversity/dual antennas and optimized RF and baseband solutions, opens the road to different types of mobile TV devices ranging from cell phones to car TVs or PMPs. We count on the DIB7070-M and DIB7070-P chips to rapidly demonstrate the unique advantage of a mixed signal DVB-T/DVB-H receiver with all the necessary features for a better reception, like diversity," said Yannick LEVY, CEO of DiBcom.

After being on the market for one year, end users are experiencing that a single antenna DVB-T product (on a USB stick or portable LCD TV) needs very good performance chipsets to be usable or requires a roof antenna. "Good enough is not good enough," added Khaled MAALEJ, CTO of DiBcom.

Diversity as implemented in DIB 7070-M and -P becomes a key technology for indoor reception

Diversity/dual antennas reception, like the MiMo reception approach for Wi-Fi, increases the reception area and limits "dead zone" points. In cases of weak TV signal reception such as indoor environments, diversity is becoming a standard feature for DVB-T reception. Diversity technology also means dual-tuner reception and allows the recording of a different channel from the one being watched (personal video recorder option).

The best performance/price ratio chipset provider needs to be identified

There are a lot of DVB-T demodulators on the market, but because DiBcom's chipsets have the best performance with single and diversity reception, DiBcom-based products will now be branded with the company's logo, allowing end users to compare and choose.

The added value of DiBcom-based products is now a differentiator for end products, and important enough to be noticed by end users. A branding campaign is being launched in September 2006 to support our ODMs, in order to jointly promote the added value of DiBcom technology-based products.

Monitoring software suite to complement DiBcom's hardware offering

To complement this branding strategy and promote the company's unified driver architecture, DiBcom now provides its ODMs/OEMs with a Software Monitoring Tools Suite allowing them to record -- in live mode -- TV data streams, signal quality parameters and GPS positioning data to facilitate the testing and fine tuning of their mobile end-user products. Another function of this tool is to show the spurious signals generated by the environment and captured by embedded antennas in order to facilitate the integration of antennas, such as in mobile phones, PMPs, GPS, etc.

About DiBcom

DiBcom is at the heart of mobile TV. As a fabless semiconductor company that designs high-performance chipsets, DiBcom enables low-power mobile and portable TV reception everywhere and at speeds exceeding 130 mph. The company's solutions are used in automotive, PC/peripheral and handheld device applications. DiBcom has extensive experience solving real-world mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT) reception problems and has overcome the main technological barriers to high-quality service. The company has developed patented algorithms and architecture for fast and accurate channel estimation and high Doppler compensation. Its chipsets are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcast standards DVB-T and DVB-H.

For more information, please visit www.dibcom.com