eASIC Corporation announced the availability of the eDV9100, the first member of it’s eDiVeo family of single chip audio and video codecs. The eDV9100 supports MPEG-4 video providing encoding or decoding for full motion VGA. The versatile eDV9100 is ideal for System OEMs, ODMs and Application Specific Standard Product designers that want to rapidly introduce a wide variety of video solutions such as low cost digital camcorders, wearable and portable video surveillance, taxi-cameras, rear-view automotive cameras, and hands free cameras. The eDV9100 is the first device in eASIC’s eDiVeo portfolio, which will also include high-definition H.264 devices.

The eDV9100 is optimized for JPEG and MPEG-4 image processing, and includes a 32-bit RISC processor for system control and OSD. The eDV9100 interfaces directly to CMOS sensors up to 5M pixels, memory cards and TFT/STN LCD displays. The eDV9100 is implemented using eASIC’s proven Nextreme zero mask-charge ASIC architecture. eDiVeo is a platform for semiconductor vendors that wish to proliferate a range of re-branded custom video solutions for the ever-increasing number of MPEG and H.264 video applications.

The eDV9100 is available now in a 208 ball BGA package. High volume pricing starts at $4.95 each. Pricing includes license to use device firmware and drivers. A digital video camcorder reference design (eDVR91) is also available. The eDVR91 is available for $299. The H.264 high-definition members of the eDiVeo family will sample in 3Q08, and be available in production quantities in 4Q08.