Actions Semiconductor has launched its GT7 chipset featuring 4K H.265 decoding, quad-core 64-bit CPU and quad-core GPU targeting the global over-the-top ("OTT") set-top box market.
Actions is one of China's fabless semiconductor companies that provides portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics.
The GT7 is a new-generation, ultra-high performance solution featuring a quad-core ARM CortexTM A53 CPU and a high-performance ARM quad-core Mali-450 GPU. It supports up to 4K Ultra HD decoding for the latest international standard — HEVC/H.265 video decoding and up to 1080P full HD decoding for nearly all video standards and formats.
Also, the GT7 supports Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and USB3.0. In addition to these advanced features, the GT7 employs 28nm process technology with Actions' Low Power Design Generation V technology, providing the most powerful, feature rich and low power product for OTT set-top box customers.
The chipset supports both Android OS and the most prevalent OS in China's OTT market, Alibaba's YunOS for TV.
"The industry is also experiencing an upgrade from full HD to ultra HD," said Zhenyu Zhou, CEO of Actions Semiconductor.
"The transition to 64-bit technology for mobile and cloud connected devices is accelerating rapidly, and we believe it will become the industry standard for OTT set-top boxes in 2016,” said Zhou.