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Extraordinary Times Ahead
• “Open Source Hardware” a hot topic, but...
-“Open” Electronics are the real story
Look Back 25+ years to the Computer
• Early 80's computers went from servers and dedicated closed devices to an “open” PC
-IBM PC/DOS
• An explosion of applications and peripherals occurred
• Attention from millions of developers and entrepreneurs-Drove enormous innovation-Drove enormous cost reductions
• An entire industry grew out of nothing
• The value of the PC exploded
What Did Open Mean to the PC?
• The development of software and hardware separated-“Hardware only” companies could emerge- Compaq, etc-“Software only” companies could emerge- MS, etc
• 3rd Party Applications could be installed-Emergence of application companies- Lotus, Wordperfect, etc
• Open Standards were used-Peripherals could be created-PCs could be networked-PCs could communicate with one another using modems, etc.
What's Happening Now in Electronics?
• Google Android
• iPhone SDK
• Smartphones accepting 3rd Party Apps-Google Apps+
• Texas Instruments' Beagleboard
• Nokia Maemo
• APIs for Logitech products, others
• And of course... some new open source electronics companies
-Neuros, OpenMoko, Chumby, Buglabs, etc.
What Does This Mean for the Future?• PC Revolution• Dedicated closed devices became
an “open” PC
• An explosion of applications and peripherals
• Attention from millions of developers and entrepreneurs
- enormous innovation & cost reductions
• An entire industry grew out of nothing
• The value of the PC exploded
• Electronics Revolution• Dedicated closed devices
become ???
• An explosion of applications and peripherals
• Attention from millions of developers and entrepreneurs
- Enormous innovation & cost reductions
• Disruptions will occur throughout the entire supply chain
• The Value of the devices will explode
• The global reach and magnitude dwarfs PCs
• FOSS will be dominant
Who Will Drive this New Revolution?
• If history is any guide.... it's you!-So many of the Barriers to entry will be removed-No major entrenched interest from one revolution has ever lead the next- that's why it's a revolution
Want to be the Next Revolutionary?
• Imagine billions of cheap, ubiquitous, powerful connected devices powering phones, televisions
• What are the new ways humans will communicate and meet?
• How will groups and individuals share information and experiences?
• How will it all get sorted? By Geographies? By communities? By Subject? With Peer Review?
• Think of the services and applications the above dictate
• Think of the missing supply chain peices
Convergence: Take a Step Back
• Cheap
• Quiet/Silent
• Strong Multimedia
• Correct I/O
• Open
• General Purpose
• Expandable
• Connected
Opening the Set-Top
• Recently, there is some movement towards convergence on embedded devices
-But until open, the pace will continue to be slow and driven only by the manufacturer
• Set-Top Manufacturers are beholden to cable and satellite operators in US
-Rules behind cable card and proprietary systems have curtailed openness to date
• InternetTV, Over the Air TV and analog outputs provide alternative compelling content for an Open Set-Top box
Neuros has created an Open Set-Top Box
• Increasing Open on virtually every level
• OSD2-Available as a bare module for industrial applications-Schematics available for low level hacking-2.6.26 kernel with patches submitted upstream-VLC multimedia framework-Trolltech Qt application toolkit-GPL applications written by Neuros and community-Neuros.tv- an open service for connecting devices to each other
Where are we headed?
• “Neuros Archiver” set-top box solution to archive video & enable Net Video streaming
• Open set-top box to allow easy integration with 3rd party Internet video content providers
• TI DaVinci SoC with evaluation applications, codecs, and BSP
Product details:
Phase:
• Consumers
• Retailers/E-tailers/Distributors
• Content distributors
• Internet video applications/ communities
• Academic researchers
• Industrial/ Commercial Applications
Typical customer/ partner:
Hardware module Set-Top Platform Retail product
2Q083Q08
4Q08
Timeline:
OSD 2.0*
PRELIMINARY
1Q091Q09
The Neuros “platform” will integrate 3rd-party services and websites
LegendNeuros/ TICommunity FOSS3rd party apps/services3rd party websites
3rd party service
3rd party service Website
Hardware
Linux + Drivers
Qt Toolkit
Neuros.tv -aggregator
- Name verification- Bookmark service
3rd party application
ix3rd party application
ix
Neuros/OEM platform
Web browser
Website
Codec engine / Visa APINeuros Multimedia Framework
What are the specifications of the upcoming platforms?
PRELIMINARY
TI DaVinci 6446TI DM320Chipset
Composite, S-Video
Composite
USB 1.1 host
None
3rd party bridge supported
Broad availability of additional codecs
D1 MPEG4 (640x480)
D1 MPEG4 (720x480)
QVGA H.264 (320x240)
Sep 2006
Component, composite, S-VideoInputs
HDMI, component, compositeOutputs
USB 2.0 hostUSB
3.5” internal hard drive optionalInternal storage
802.11g/n via USBWiFi
Codec support
720p MPEG4
D1 H.264
Encoding
720p MPEG4
D1 H.264*
Upsampling support
Decoding
Est. 4Q08 to retailRelease date
*Actual may be better than listed, hardware capable of 1080 resolution, actual depends on software optimization
Neuros OSD Neuros Platform v2.0
Current platform
Future platform
Examples of Hacks
• Linux+ Schematics-Underground pipe inspection, windsurfing recorder, medical
• VLC-Transcoding videos, industrial IPTV systems, niche internetTV, streaming video from TV to PC, etc
• Qt-YouTube+ Browser, Audio Player, Music Video “Fetcher”, Web Interface for remote control, Crowd Narration, last.fm player
• Web-Wiki type artist/media pages, gadget type information, ecommerce interaction
• Neuros.tv-List, link and media sharing, group ratings, chat, messaging