ViXS Systems, Inc. announced that ViXS and Intel have developed a product-ready reference design running Comcast's RDK cable stack software. The RDK consists of a bundled software package that creates a common framework for cable tru2way for IP and gateway devices for Comcast and other cable multiple-system operators (MSO). The reference design consisting of Intel's Puma 6 MG DOCSIS 3.0 media gateway with ViXS' XCode 5106 multi-stream HD transcoder solution will be demonstrated by ViXS at CES.

The demonstration will show transcoding and media streaming to mobile and tablet devices including Ultrabook and all-in-one PCs. ViXS transcoding is added to Intel's Golden Spring's reference design as an RDK transcoding plugin for live media steaming. Running the latest RDK software this is a self-contained complete end to end solution providing customers a quick and cost effective means of adding media steaming to Intel DOCSIS 3.0 based cable gateway products.

The XCode 5000 family of media-processor and transcoding System on Chip (SoC) solutions allow support for single, dual and quad HD to HD transcoding to allow operators to add flexibility to their media gateway designs. With cable distribution in North America still relying primarily on MPEG-2 for compression and transmission, it is critically important that cable gateway devices for the home are able to efficiently and cost-effectively transcode content to MPEG-4 and other streaming media formats for delivery to IP devices inside and outside of the home.