4i2i Communications
Type	Limited company
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Aberdeen, Grampian, UK
Industry	Semiconductor IP cores, Computer software
Products	Semiconductor IP cores, Computer software
Website	www.4i2i.com

4i2i Communications Ltd. is a supplier of semiconductor IP cores, software and board level solutions for video coding, error correction^[1] coding and broad-band modems. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland it also has offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and San Jose, California. The company specializes in video compression technology and sells a range of video IP cores. 4i2i video cores include High Profile H.264 decode and encode supporting HDTV resolution video^[2]. Image File history File links 4i2i-logo. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Limited liability company. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article is about the Scottish city. ... Grampian (Roinn a Mhonaidh in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core, IP block, or IP core is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design and is also the property of one party. ... Software, or program, enables a computer to perform specific tasks, as opposed to the physical components of the system (hardware). ... In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core, IP block, or IP core is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design and is also the property of one party. ... Software, or program, enables a computer to perform specific tasks, as opposed to the physical components of the system (hardware). ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core, IP block, or IP core is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design and is also the property of one party. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Video coding is the field in computer science that deals with finding efficient coding formats for digital video. ... In computer science and information theory, error correction consists of using methods to detect and/or correct errors in the transmission or storage of data by the use of some amount of redundant data and (in the case of transmission) the selective retransmission of incorrect segments of the data. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term which refers to a signaling method which includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... This article is about the Scottish city. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Video compression refers to making a digital video signal use less data, without noticeably reducing the quality of the picture. ... H.264 is a high compression digital video codec standard written by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as the product of a collective partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). ... High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ...

4i2i customers include NASA ^[3][4] whose Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses 4i2i video codec IP to help astronauts transmit digital video pictures back to Earth from space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA, builds and operates unmanned spacecraft for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ... A Codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. ... For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). ... Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... Layers of Atmosphere - not to scale (NOAA) Outer space, also simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. ...

4i2i sponsors a research engineer at the Institute for System Level Integration ^[5]. The Institute for System Level Integration (ISLI) provides postgraduate education, professional training and research in system level integration and system-on-chip technologies. ...

Company timeline

• 1995: Company founded.
• 2005: Xilinx and 4i2i demonstrate industry's first high definition H.264/AVC encoder available in a single FPGA ^[6].

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References

1. ^ IP cores from 4i2i fit Actel ASICs
2. ^ 4i2i and Alpha Data (January 1st, 2006). High Definition, Low Bandwidth. Implementing a high-definition H.264 codec solution with a single Xilinx FPGA.. Xilinx. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
3. ^ 4i2i deal out of this world
4. ^ Aberdeen company takes leap into space after securing deal with NASA
5. ^ ISLI EngD research - 4i2i Communications (2003-07)
6. ^ Xilinx and 4i2i demonstrate industry's first high definition H.264/AVC encoder available in a single FPGA.

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External links

• www.4i2i.com — the company's website
• 4i2i Company Profile at talentcotland.com (part of Scottish Enterprise)