Case Study
Sigma Designs and Cadence
The Customer Sigma Designs, Inc. develops media processor systems-on-chip (SoC) for products such as Blu-ray players, IPTV set-top boxes, digital-cable set-top boxes, and network players. These products typically require high-definition MPEG-4.10 (H.264), SMPTE 421M (VC-1), AVS, WMV9, MPEG-4.2, and MPEG-2 decoding. Sigma’s secure media processor (SMP) designs, specifically the SMP86XX series of products, each typically have from 4 to 10 mil