Android set-top boxes and media players at CES

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Android set-top boxes and media players at CES
9 ~, K! y( S# N, G4 m: Tby Steve Bush, Wednesday 06 January 2010

! p% }* q' R* qProcessor firm MIPS Technologies is to demonstrate Android set-top boxes incorporating its cores this week.
5 R" A! m& }, L# O0 C: U/ A9 t"During CES, MIPS and complementary solution providers will demonstrate the world’s first Android-based set-top boxes, Android running on a MIPS-based netbook, and the world’s first social media centre for Android-based embedded platforms," said MIPS.
) {8 j; E' L. o8 P* r% dWestern Mediabridge and Sigma Designs, will demonstrate one of the MIPS/Android set-top boxes.
It has 1080p video, video-on-demand, ThinkFree Office (Word, spreadsheet, presentation) viewer software, a web browser, and a remote control and keyboard interface.
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8 X% D# |7 w7 R. ~1 s6 E# fA prototype of an Android IPTV set-top box developed by KDDI R&D Labs will also be on show, supporting multicasting, video-on-demand, remote control user interface, and digital rights management.
Inside is a MIPS-based SMP8654 media processors from Sigma Designs.
The netbook is the YeeLoong8089 from Lemote and runs Android on a MIPS-Based Loongson processor, and is claimed by MIPS to be is the world’s first laptop that contains completely free software.
" l/ ?6 x# g: j& bTo be demonstrated on a chip from Sigma Designs, ConnecTV is licensable social media centre software for Android systems from Home Jinni

: X( s; N' C5 l) C. M6 K- \Included is a framework for building UPnP, DLNA and DPWS home area network applications, and a framework for integrating the home with IMS and service provider networks.
  m% e* f7 C& @: x0 W2 x4 tAs well as distributing media around the home, the software also enables consumers to search, discover, categorise and view online media content directly from a TV, and to communicate with others.