QDEO: high quality video post-processing brand from Marvell

Marvell's Qdeo (Quiet Video) technology is used in the most exclusive, highest-performing consumer video products. At the core of the Marvell 88DE2710 digital video format convertor, Qdeo delivers rich, high-definition video quality and unsurpassed realism through a suite of advanced technologies, providing quiet and natural video, free of noise and artefacts.

Qdeo processing includes:
– Noise Reduction: Per-pixel noise and compression artifact reduction removing noise inherent in digital video
– Resolution conversion: Per-pixel motion-adaptive 3D de-interlacing and advanced nonlinear scaling transforming the image to the desired resolution while suppressing artifacts like feathering and jaggies
– Enhancement: 2D Edge Enhancement increasing detail and sensation of depth, Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (ACE) providing larger dynamic range and Intelligent Color Remapping (ICR) rendering rich and vivid images.

Qdeo processing is the new gold standard:
– Qdeo won Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity “Best of 2007 Video Processing Technology” award
– First Qdeo IC (88DE2710) won EDN’s Innovation Award for 2007 award for Outstanding Product Innovation in the category of Multimedia ICs
– Rave reviews from leading critics: “superb video processing”, “stunning image”, “Qdeo video processing from Marvell is clearly the real deal”.

Qdeo processing can be applied to wide range of content and applications all the way from QVGA mobile or iTunes video all the way up to 4K x 2K.

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Not Just Linux: LiMo Foundation Gets New Members, Devices

Android’s biggest open source competitor, the LiMo Foundation (formerly the Linux Phone Standards Forum) added new members Monday, iTWire reports. And these new members expand the group’s ecosystem quite dramatically, a foundation representative said.
The 11 new members include ZTE, Telecom Italia, Freescale Semiconductor, Virtualogix and Movial. The latter plans to open source code in the next few months that will allow developers to build user interfaces for Web-based widgets for mobile devices.
Moreover, seven new phones built on the LiMo platform are commercially available from three vendors — Motorola, NEC and Panasonic. The phones are available in Japanese and European markets, the story says.
Android, on the other hand, has been the subject of much debate in the blogosphere. Lately, the question has been about whether Android will merge with the now open Symbian platform. Some say yes, it makes sense. Others say no way.