ALi Overview
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ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
Founded
January, 1987
IPO – Listed in OTC September, 1999
IPO – Listed in TSE
August, 2002
Capital
USD $70M
Employee
~450(2005 2H)
Focus on Digital A/V, STB & Multimedia
Peripheral
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ULi is a subsidiary company of ALi focusing on PC Core Logic
chipset.
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ALi Organization
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Board of Directors
President
R&D
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Sales & Marketing
Headquarter
World-Class Support Centers
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ALi Shanghai Office
ALi Taipei Main Office
ALi Zhu Hai Office
ALi Hsinchu Office
ALi Shenzhen Office
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ALi Product Application
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Set Top Box
Portable DVD
DVB / MPEG
Flash MP3
DVD Player
Digital Media /
Audio Player
Multimedia Peripheral
& Digital Imaging
Card reader
CD MP3
Video Camera
Flash disk
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Scanner
ALi Product Roadmap
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STB
DVB-S SOC
DVB-C/T BE
DVB-C
DVB-T&S2
QAM FE
COFDM FE
Demodulator
Demodulator
DVB-S2/C/T
SOC
HD DVB IC
Personal Media Player
USB2.0 Flash/IDE/Mem-card/CD Audio DSP
USB2.0 Image DSP
USB2.0 Flash/IDE Card Reader
USB2.0 OTG
2004Q4
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USB2.0 Video DSP
USB2.0 PMP
SOC
2005Q4
2006Q2
Set-top Box Solution
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M4xxxDVB-T
demodulator IC
LAN2
• COFDM
• transport stream output
• PCI/USB2.0 IF
M3326C
M3327/8/9
M3330
DVB-S/C/T BE
DVB-S single chip
DVB C/T BE
• MPEG decoder
• DVD function
• DVB-S QPSK
• DVB-S Combo Solution
• 2 Transport Stream
• MPEG I/II decoder
• CA/CI with ISO7816
• PVR
• Support Modem
2004Q4
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• MPEG I/II decoder
• CSA Descrambler
• CSA Command Interface
• CA ISO7816
• Middleware
2005Q2
High Resolution
DVB-S/C/T BE
• 720P/1080P
• MPEG II/IV Decoder
• CA/CI with ISO7816
• PVR
• Middleware
2006Q2
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Single Chip Set-Top Box Decoder
M3329
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M3329 Overview
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ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
Integration
QPSK Demodulator.
High performance CPU.
DVB-CSA De-scrambler.
TV encoder
Hardware accelerator for MPEG decoding.
Dedicated display engine for STB playback.
Peripheral block – SDRAM/Flash memory interface
Two RS232 serial device controller
CIR, I2S/SPDIF, Audio interface
and video output interface.
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M3329 Product feature
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ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
External Memory Interfaces
-16/32-bit DRAM interface which supports SDRAM
with –6, –7 and –8 speed rating.
-Supports SDRAM modes which are 1 for 1*16Mbit, 2
for 1*16Mbit and 1 for 4*16Mbit.
-8/16bit configurable FLASH interfaces.
Transport Stream Interface
- ISO/IEC 13818 standard compliant
- 1parallel or 2 serial Transport stream input
@11.24Mbytes/s
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M3329 Product Feature
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ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
QPSK Demodulator
-Embedded BPSK/QPSK demodulator
-BPSK or QPSK auto detection.
-Variable Rate: 1Mbaud/s~45Mbaud/s.
-Digital anti-alias filter bank programmable.
-Embedded Timing Recovery and Carrier Recovery
Circuit.
-Fast Auto Symbol Rate Detection Unit.
(i.e Blind Acquisition)
-Embedded DC offset cancel circuit.
-Sigma-Delta/Noise shaping modulation ACG.
-Auto-rate detection.
-DiSEqC Spec. 1.x and 2.x supported.
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M3329 Product Feature
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MPEG-2 Decoder
-Frames DVB Packets compatible.
-PCR clock recovery.
-Performs Sync Lock/Drop Hysteresis.
-On-chip audio and video synchronization.
-Automatic Error concealment
-32 PID filters
-Teletext with vertical blanking Insertion(VBI) or OSD
- Embedded MCU for system control.
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M3329 Product Feature
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Video Processor
-MPEG-2 MP@ML video decoding up to 720*480 at
30Hz and 720*576 at 25Mhz.
-NTSC to PAL and PAL to NTSC automatic
conversion.
-Zoom-in and Zoom-out.
-Support background picture.
TV Encoder
-RGB, CVBS, Y/C and YUV output with 10-bit ADC.
-Support Progressive Scan Output.
-Support close caption and teletext application.
-Microvision 7.01/6.1 compatible (optional).
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M3329 Product Feature
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Audio Processor
-MPEG-1 layer I and II, and linear PCM (LPCM)
audio decoding.
-I2S output.
-IEC958 S/PDIF digital output.
-Digital mute control and volume adjustment.
OSD (On-Screen Display)
-Support 256 color palettes.
-Anti-flicker, anti-flutter and anti-aliasing filters.
-Support color-blending.
-Support subtitle.
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M3329 Product Feature
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Embedded CPU (216Mhz)
-High performance CPU.
-Dedicated interface for debug.
-Support software download via serial port.
-5 external interrupt.
Personal Video Recording
-Support two-tuner input: watch one channel and
recording another channel.
-Support time shift recording.
-Support fast forward reward in various speed.
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Peripherals
-Full PCI interface with master mode.
-1 ATA/ATAPI interface which support PIO mode.
-1 DVB Common mode interface. (DVB-CI)
-ISO7618 smart card interfaces.
-Two RS-232 serial interfaces.
-MODEM support.
-I2C controller.
-One IR receiver interface.
-16-bit GPIO
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M3329 Product Feature
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ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
CI & CA
-DVB-CSA De-scrambler supported.
-DVB-CI supported.
-Smart card base CAS supported with up to two
smart-card readers.
Electrical Characteristic
-3.3V and 1.8V power supply.
-Power down control.
-Built-in PLL.
-27Mhz crystal input and 4Mhz clock output.
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Application for DVB-S FTA/CA Set-top Box
1M x 16 x 2
SDRAM
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1M x 8
FLASH
Satellite
QPSK Demodulator
MPEG-2 AV Decoder
OSD+TV Encoder
Descrambler
CPU
DVB-S
Tuner
M3329
IR/Keypad
Front Panel
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Smart
Card x 2
L
Audio
DAC
R
5.1 Channel
SPDIF
Video
Output
CVBS
RGB
YCrCb
TV
Application for DVB-C CI Set-top Box
4M x 16
SDRAM
Tuner
DVD Loader
HDD
QAM
Demod
M3329
CI CAM
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2M x 8
FLASH
QPSK Demodulator
MPEG-2 AV Decoder
OSD+TV Encoder
Descrambler
CPU
ATA
ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
IR/Keypad
L
Audio
DAC
R
5.1 Channel
SPDIF
Video
Output
CVBS
RGB
YCrCb
TV
M3330 Application for DVB-C CI Set-top Box ALi Internal Use (限內部使用)
4M x 16
SDRAM
Tuner
DVD Loader
HDD
QAM & FDM
Demod
MPEG-2 AV Decoder
OSD+TV Encoder
Descrambler
CPU
M3330
ATA
CI CAM
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2M x 8
FLASH
IR/Keypad
L
Audio
DAC
R
5.1 Channel
SPDIF
Video
Output
CVBS
RGB
YCrCb
TV