
Amlogic, Inc.CompanyConfidential8
1 Overview
The AML3298 A/V processor is a completely integrated system targeting all types of Audio/Video decoder
applications that provide connectivity to hard disk, digital camera, MP3 players and other external digital
consumer devices. The target market for AML3298 A/V processor is feature rich DVD players, audio receivers,
DVD/receiver combo players, digital media players, portable DVD players, and portable media players.
The AML3298 combines full function of MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoding, numerous dedicated and
general-purpose peripherals, and a high speed 32-bit host CPU in a single device. The AML3298 has two built-in
AMRISCTM RISC processors with special instructions to accommodate audio and video digital signal processing.
The AML3298 also provides a high speed interface to external USB 1.1/2.0 chip for connectivity to popular USB
devices like hard disk, Flash memory, digital camera and MP3 players.
The embedded 32-bits host CPU handles system initialization, DVD navigation, and other system applications.
The AML3298 A/V processor provides a glueless interface to all external components: ATAPI loaders, USB
interface chip, audio DACs and memory. Numerous general-purpose I/O pins can be used to control the front
panel display and other miscellaneous tasks. The Flash interface allows the Flash memory to be shared with the
front-end chip to reduce system cost in mono-board designs. Together, the embedded host CPU and special
glueless interfaces reduce the total system cost for all A/V applications from any media.
The AML3298 A/V processor also integrates an NTSC/PAL TV encoder that supports S-Video, composite, YUV
component and RGB. The video encoder also supports high-quality de-interlaced progressive scan (480p/576p)
with full Macrovision support. Contrast enhancement, hue adjustment, video scaling, video interpolation, pan-
scan, letter-box, and zoom are also supported. In addition, four built in video DACs complement the video
encoder further reducing system cost. In addition, the AML3288 devices can also provide CCIR601 and VGA
video output.
The integrated AMRISCTM RISC processor is designed to support advanced digital audio processing. The micro-
coded engine provides support for all existing audio formats and it also has enough flexibility to accommodate
new audio standards. Popular audio formats like Dolby AC-3 5.1, HDCD, MP-3 and WMA are supported. In
addition, SPDIF (IEC958) input and outputs are supported.
Figure 1 AML3298 Block Diagram
DACs
S-Video
CVBS
Component
Progressive
RGB
SPDIF (IEC958)
Video
& Conversion
32-bit CPU
Audio
Interface
Video
DRAM Controller
JTAG
GPIO
Flash Controller /
USB DMA Engine
ADATA
UART
UART_RX
UART_TX
Video
AMRISC
AML3298 A/V Processor
Audio
AMRISC
ATAPI / HDD
FLASH
SDRAM
Audio
Decoder
Video Decoder
Enhancement
Audio/Video
Stream Praser
VD [7:0]
NGP[5:0]
IIS[7:0]
USB 1.1/2.0
DVD-ROM
IDE HDD