Tempe, Arizona, Mar 04: Wipro Technologies, a leading provider of technology solutions for the networking and connectivity markets, today signed a systems electronics development agreement with Brillian Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of high-definition television (HDTV) products.

Under terms of the development agreement, Wipro will be responsible for the over-the-air tuner (ATSC standard) and other high-definition content sources for Brillian`s 720p and 1080p liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(R)) Gen II HDTV products, slated for introduction by Brillian`s OEM customers in the second half of 2004.
Brillian is using Zoran Corporation`s Generation9 family of integrated DTV system ICs, software, and development platforms as the core over-the-air digital video processing solution in its HDTV products. Wipro will design the ATSC and Open Cable board and related software for the HDTV, thus enabling Brillian`s system designers to offer a single, leading-edge digital video-processing platform that will support multiple sources and applications.
Wipro has been servicing leading players in the global digital multimedia space and has extensive development experience in software and board support package (BSP) implementation on ICs of leading silicon vendors, an important consideration for HDTV developer and manufacturer Brillian. With television broadcast turning digital, Wipro`s Consumer Electronics group has invested in its own set of ATSC & DVB stacks and other re-use components making the development process for Brillian more rapid.
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