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2006 |
| Welcome
to Digital Media Focus, a monthly eNewsletter
highlighting design information for
your video/imaging applications. This
regular update will feature the latest
in TI technology releases, training,
and useful tips and tricks to get your
differentiated design to market quickly. |
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Podcasts |
 Video360
Podcast Featuring MIT’s Al Oppenheim
Now Available
Host John Dixon talks with TI’s
Gene Frantz and MIT’s Al Oppenheim
about the value of universities and
companies working together. Find out
how asking open-ended questions may
lead you to greater innovations. Check
out this podcast today.
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Blogs |
 Frantz
Makes Like a Rock Star and Starts World
Tour – Details in New Blog
As part of his ongoing efforts to forge
personal ties with existing and prospective
customers, TI Principal Fellow Gene
Frantz has embarked on a world tour
to better understand emerging markets
and the innovation that TI’s technology
helps fuel. Read this blog, and don’t
forget to add your comments.
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Authored Articles |
 From
The Top: Mobile DTV – Growing Up Fast
By Gilles Delfassy,
Senior V.P., Wireless Terminals Business
Unit
Since
it was first introduced, mobile DTV (mDTV)
has quickly become a sought-after application
and a burgeoning submarket within the wireless
industry. Just look at the tremendous amount
of resources being implemented throughout
the wireless value chain to bring this application
to mobile phones. It’s no wonder,
then, that mDTV has become a hot topic with
the media, at tradeshows and conferences,
and even with consumers. What’s next
for this exciting market?
Automotive
Vision Looks to Put Technology in the Driver’s
Seat
How far off – and how valid –
is the prospect of autonomous vehicles?
Cars that can see, offer advice to drivers
and even react autonomously to changing
road, traffic and weather conditions are
in our future. But how near in our future
are they? And what are the engineering challenges
associated with getting us there? Read this
article and find out now.
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White Papers |
Discover
Objective Methods for Video-Quality Assessment
Even though assessment of video quality can
be accomplished best by the human visual system,
there is still a need for objective methods
that can be performed quickly and repeatedly
and that can also be standardized. Read this
white paper and explore the various objective
methods for assessing video compression quality. |
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Training |
FREE
Video-Surveillance Training Available Online
Register for this FREE online training course
and learn how to construct a video-surveillance
system from the ground up. This course includes
an introduction to video surveillance, a video-compression
demo and more. Register today and find out
which hardware and software reference systems
to use and what reference design packages
are available.
Video
Integration Workshop Using the TMS320DM642
Processor Coming to Chicago and Irvine
This is a must-have, intense three-day workshop
for all video designers focused on client-side
video applications. Emphasizing the underlying
technologies and the basic terminologies and
techniques for video processing, this workshop
will include video basics, video peripherals,
optimizations and many other video-processing
issues. View the Web site for the complete
agenda and location details.
Learn
to Accelerate Your Video Designs at DaVinci™
Technology Technical Seminars
Attend the DaVinci Technology Technical Seminar
series and see how you can simplify your video
designs. Offered in North America and Europe,
this highly technical seminar provides an
in-depth view of DaVinci technology, including
processors, application-specific software,
high-level operating systems and accompanying
tools and resources. Register now and experience
the DaVinci technology effect. |
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