Four surveillance equipment chip manufacturers have committed over $30m to deliver chips for HDcctv compliant equipment in 2013.
EqcoLogic, Eyenix, Nextchip, and Semtech set out the timeline for delivery of ten new chips, scheduled to be available to surveillance equipment designers in 2013.
The announcement was made by the HDcctv Alliance, a manufacturers association that manages the HDcctv video interface standard.
The alliance hopes that the new chips will enable increased production of HD CCTV standards compliant equipment, and assist in the interoperability of surveillance systems.
Peter Helfet, CEO of EqcoLogic said that “Interoperability among manufacturers’ equipment is essential for the HD surveillance market to reach its growth potential.”
According the HDcctv Alliance sales of HD cameras and DVR’s have grown from nothing in 2009 to over 150,000 units sold in 2012 so far.
Don Shaver, marketing director of Semtech, a founder member of the HDcctv Alliance, said: “We delivered chips that made it easy for development teams to migrate CCTV cameras and DVRs to high definition, but it took three years for most of the world’s CCTV equipment factories to produce at least one Generation 1 HDcctv model.
“Semtech’s GV7601A is the industry’s first fully integrated receiver that implements extended reach (XR) capability. GV7601A and other Generation 2 products targeting HDcctv compliance will impact the end market more quickly than Generation 1 products have, because security installers are seeing the simplicity of HDcctv and have experienced high-quality HDcctv live views for themselves.”
HDcctv Alliance executive director, Todd Rockoff, also said: “An equipment executive’s first reflex is to differentiate his products from those of the other manufacturers. The Alliance’s mission is to encourage competitors to overcome that reflex and cooperate when it comes to device interface technology.”
Among the other chips being produced are the NVP2410 chip (Eagle2) by Nextchip and the QCO30T/R5-XR chips from EqcoLogic.