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ALi STB Single Chip Solution

ALi, founded in January 1987, focuses on digital audio/video, set-top boxes, and multimedia peripherals, with a capital of USD $70M and approximately 450 employees as of 2005. The company has a structured organization with various support centers and a product roadmap that includes solutions for set-top boxes and personal media players. The M3329 chip features an integrated QPSK demodulator, MPEG-2 decoder, and various interfaces for enhanced multimedia performance.

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ALi STB Single Chip Solution

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ALi Overview 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
 ULi is a subsidiary company of ALi focusing on PC Core Logic
chipset.

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ALi Organization ALi Internal Use ( 限內部使用 )

Board
Board of
of Directors
Directors

President
President

RR && DD Sales
Sales && Marketing
Marketing Headquarter
Headquarter

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World-Class Support Centers ALi Internal Use ( 限內部使用 )

ALi Shanghai Office

ALi Taipei Main Office

ALi Zhu Hai Office

ALi Hsinchu Office

ALi Shenzhen Office

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ALi Product Application ALi Internal Use ( 限內部使用 )

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 Scanner
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ALi Product Roadmap ALi Internal Use ( 限內部使用 )

STB
DVB-C DVB-T&S2 DVB-S2/C/T
DVB-S SOC SOC
QAM FE COFDM FE
DVB-C/T BE HD DVB IC
Demodulator Demodulator

Personal Media Player

USB2.0 Flash/IDE/Mem-card/CD Audio DSP
USB2.0 Video DSP
USB2.0 Image DSP
USB2.0 Flash/IDE Card Reader USB2.0 PMP
SOC
USB2.0 OTG

2004Q4 2005Q4 2006Q2

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Set-top Box Solution ALi Internal Use ( 限內部使用 )

M4xxxDVB-T
demodulator IC
LAN2

••COFDM
COFDM
••transport
transportstream
streamoutput
output
••PCI/USB2.0 IF
PCI/USB2.0 IF
M3326C
M3326C M3327/8/9
M3327/8/9 M3330
DVB-S
M3330
DVB-S/C/T
DVB-S/C/TBE
BE DVB-Ssingle
singlechip
chip DVB
DVBC/T
C/TBE
BE

••MPEG High
HighResolution
Resolution
MPEGdecoder
decoder
••DVD
DVDfunction
function
DVB-S/C/T
DVB-S/C/TBEBE
••MPEG
MPEGI/II
I/IIdecoder
decoder
••DVB-S
DVB-SQPSK
QPSK ••CSA Descrambler
CSA Descrambler
••DVB-S
DVB-S Combo
ComboSolution
Solution ••CSA
CSACommand
CommandInterface
Interface
••22Transport Stream
Transport Stream ••CA ISO7816
CA ISO7816
••MPEG
MPEGI/II
I/IIdecoder
decoder ••Middleware
Middleware ••720P/1080P
720P/1080P
••CA/CI
CA/CI withISO7816
with ISO7816 ••MPEG
MPEGII/IV
II/IVDecoder
Decoder
••PVR
PVR ••CA/CI with ISO7816
CA/CI with ISO7816
••Support
SupportModem
Modem ••PVR
PVR
••Middleware
Middleware

2004Q4 2005Q2 2006Q2

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ALi Internal Use ( 限內部使用 )

Single Chip Set-Top Box Decoder

M3329

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M3329 Overview 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 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