The Zentek Technology Group is teaming with ATI Technologies and Skelmir at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) to demonstrate how their partnership minimises development costs while delivering state-of-the-art set-top solutions for digital television. The three companies will demonstrate the interoperability of Zentek's MediaStack-MHP, ATI's Set-Top Wonder Xilleon and Skelmir's CEE-J Virtual Machine throughout IBC, which runs from 12-16 September 2003, in Amsterdam.

An official release states that the demonstration reflects how Zentek's multimedia home platform (MHP) product family uses Linux and employs open standards to cut costs for set-top box manufacturers. The MediaStack-MHP design enables the delivery of enhanced digital television applications and services via digital broadcast streams in markets that comply with digital video broadcast (DVB) specifications.

Such markets are emerging rapidly in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia, and Zentek is helping ensure that the hardware is available to meet the growing demand. Zentek continues to develop integrated client reference solutions that reduce MHP development risk for digital set-top box and television manufacturers. The ATI XILLEON solution for the digital television market is a highly integrated package that is low cost yet powerful enough to drive the latest, most-demanding interactive environments.

ATI has stated that its fourth-generation reference platform Set-Top Wonder Xilleon has been created as a complete reference design for consumer electronics manufacturers developing low-cost, high-performance digital video consumer devices. This platform incorporates ATI's XILLEON chipset, an advanced and highly integrated system-on-chip suitable for a range of digital devices, including set-top boxes, digital TVs, home media gateways and TV-enabled Web pads.

Skelmir has found that the Wonder Xilleon reference platform enables a number of new OEM opportunities for them due to the single-chip support for high-definition television. This ultimately leads to quicker time-to-market for the company's customers. We are pleased to work collaboratively with ATI and Zentek to provide cost-effective and integrated interactive solutions for OEMs.

A DVB member Zentek develops software and provides engineering services for the digital consumer electronics market with a focus on two areas: digital television and mobile digital devices. The company claims to have pioneered mobile device emulation tools that shorten product development cycles. ATI Technologies design and manufactures 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions.

ATI claims to be the world's foremost visual processor unit (VPU) provider and is dedicated to deliver leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top and digital television, game console and handheld markets. With 2002 revenues in excess of US $1 billion, ATI has more than 2,000 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Skelmir provides embedded solutions for hosting MHP, OSGi, browsers and other interactive applications and industry standards on a variety of platforms and devices. Skelmir's clean room technology arms customers with the tools necessary for quick and reliable deployment of their applications and services. Skelmir offers technology backed by a team of experts dedicated to perfecting practical and market ready embedded solutions states the release.