System-On-Chip Technologies
Waterloo developer of hardware video and audio CODEC semiconductor IP cores, covering MPEG-2, H.264 and H.265, plus system-on-module components and FPGA prototyping boards for broadcast, airborne, surveillance and medical video.
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About
Source: soctechnologies.caSystem-On-Chip Technologies develops hardware video and audio CODEC semiconductor intellectual property cores. Its own about page states that the company was founded in 1995 at Wilfrid Laurier University by Dr. Shaowen Song with the aim of building pure-hardware CODEC solutions, releasing MPEG-2 CODECs by 2005 and subsequently H.264 and H.265 IP cores. It sells licensable IP cores alongside standalone system-on-module components and FPGA prototyping boards, serving broadcast, airborne, surveillance and medical video applications, and states that it holds ISO 9001 certification.
States it was founded in 1995 at Wilfrid Laurier University by Dr. Shaowen Song to build pure-hardware CODEC solutions. soctechnologies.ca
Released MPEG-2 CODECs by 2005, followed by H.264 and H.265 IP cores. soctechnologies.ca
Sells IP cores, standalone modules and FPGA prototyping boards, and states it holds ISO 9001 certification. soctechnologies.ca
Exhibiting at IBC 2026 per its own homepage. soctechnologies.ca
People
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Shaowen Song
Founder, President and CTO
Chad Hartman
Co-Founder and Project Manager
Blake Li
VP and Co-Founder, Research & Product Development
Technology Focus
Company site: soctechnologies.caTerms the company uses about its own work.
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