Terayon bows new CherryPicker

By Susan Rush
From The October 7, 2002 Edition Of CED Broadband Direct

Terayon Communication Systems Inc. has planted another seed in digital video management system product garden. The latest: Terayon is demonstrating its DM 6400 Network CherryPicker.

The DM 6400 is designed to enable cable operators to deliver four high-definition television programs in one channel at 256 QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) through rate shaping. Rate shaping is a real-time adjustment of digital video bit rates to allow for a given amount of bandwidth.

An Application Specific Integrated Circuit enables the box to support multiple digital video applications simultaneously, according to Terayon. A single ASIC-based DM 6400 is designed to support multiple digital video applications on every program.

The ASIC is programmable, which gives Terayon the ability to add new functionality and support new standards.

The DM 6400 competes with BigBand Networks' Broadband Multimedia-Service Router (BMR) box.

AT&T, Cox Communications, Time Warner and Charter Communications Inc. are among Terayon's CherryPicker customers.