Pixellexis to Create RedBrix Video Processing System with Ambric MPPA
Ambric® has selected Pixellexis Systems & Technologies as a strategic partner for development of an ISO/IEC 15444-compliant JPEG2K codec. Pixellexis is developing a leading-edge video processing system, the RedBrix[tm], which is based on Ambric's revolutionary Am2045[tm] silicon and software. Within the RedBrix system are four RedCards[tm], each employing 336 DSP and RISC processors for a total of 1,344 processors per system. With this level of performance, customers will see a significant acceleration in encode or decode of high-definition content, relative to a server fully utilizing its graphics processing unit (GPU) capabilities.
Aeroflex Selects CommAgility AMC-D4F1 for TM500 LTE Test Mobile Platform
Aeroflex, a leading provider of specialised test and measurement equipment, has selected CommAgility's AMC-D4F1 module as a key component in its new TM500 LTE Test Mobile platform. Aeroflex chose the AMC-D4F1 because it provides market-leading DSP/FPGA performance and density in one AdvancedMC slot. The TM500 LTE Test Mobile is designed to address the current and future challenges of 3GPP LTE (3G Long Term Evolution) infrastructure development, test and rollout. LTE is a significant advance in mobile network technology from 3G, and Aeroflex needed an order of magnitude increase in processing capability and I/O bandwidth compared to previous products.
TI Debuts 3 OMAP35x Devices, Digital Video Software Development Kit
Incorporating compelling user interfaces can require distinct video, imaging, speech and multimedia components that must be perfectly integrated together before any application can operate successfully. To ease arduous software integration and development for video, industrial, medical and automotive developers, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced the OMAP35x Digital Video Software Development Kit (DVSDK), several open source development tools and the availability of the next three OMAP35x devices, the OMAP3515, OMAP3525 and OMAP3530 applications processors based on the ARM® Cortex[TM]-A8.
Tundra Announces Tsi620 Multi-Standard RapidIO Evaluation Platform
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX:TUN), a leader in System Interconnect, introduced an evaluation platform centered on its Tsi620[TM] multi-standard RapidIO® Switch. In addition to the Tundra Tsi620, the multi-platform evaluation platform uses Texas Instruments (TI) TMS320TCI6487 high performance multi-core DSP and an Altera® Stratix® III FPGA to enable prototyping and, ultimately, cost reduction in applications such as high performance wireless and video processing, medical imaging and military signal-processing solutions.
Texas Instruments Reveals Roadmap for Low-Power Processor
As developers look at their next designs for medical, audio, industrial and emerging applications, there is greater demand for portability with superior features, such as a consumer-friendly graphical user interface (GUI). The balance between power and performance of a processor has traditionally meant trading off one or the other; now that is no longer the case. Giving engineers the scalable solutions they need to design both basic and feature-laden portable end products, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) introduced its breakthrough low-power processor roadmap with more than 15 new devices across four product lines. For the first time, designers will be able to easily bring portability to applications requiring high-precision floating-point processor capabilities, as TI's new roadmap includes the industry's lowest power floating-point digital signal processor (DSPs). TI's new devices also enable significantly longer battery life with the industry's lowest power fixed-point DSP. Additionally, customers will have the option to design portability and feature rich GUIs into their products using TI's new ARM9[tm] and ARM9-plus-DSP applications processors.
Improv Grants XHMicro Development Rights, Source Code to Jazz DSP IP
XHMicro, a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) and design services, announced that it has received full source code and development rights to the innovative Jazz[tm] configurable semiconductor IP and development tool technologies developed by Improv Systems. The technology, which provides high-performance low power digital signal processing (DSP) capabilities for leading-edge consumer and multimedia products, has been in use for ten years by product developers worldwide. XHMicro intends to further develop the solutions and customize them for the Chinese IC design market.
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