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Altera, Bitec Announce Next-Gen Video Kit
By
ChannelTimes Staff
International Desk, Mar 26, 2008
Altera Corporation and Bitec announced the availability of a video development kit that enables designers to rapidly develop and prototype high-performance, cost-sensitive video applications.
At the heart of the kit are Altera's Cyclone III FPGAs, which are an ideal video processing platform given the device's large parallel processing capabilities with up to 288 multipliers, 4-Mbit embedded memory blocks, and low power consumption. The kit supports multiple video I/O formats, allowing video application developers to quickly develop, debug, and prototype designs using their lab video signals and displays.
Dr. Andy Robertson, CEO of Bitec, said, "We have designed this video development kit jointly with Altera to appeal to customers developing applications in video surveillance, videoconferencing, industrial imaging, and other video applications."
The kit features a Cyclone III development board with 2 High-Speed Mezzanine Connector (HSMC)-based video interface daughtercards developed by Bitec.
The kit supports composite, S-Video, DVI and RGB video and contains: Cyclone III EP3C120F780 development board; Quad-Video HSMC daughtercard (8 composite or 4 S-Video inputs); DVI HSMC daughtercard and DVI cable; Quartus II Web Edition software; Access to Altera OpenCore Plus evaluation intellectual property (IP) megafunctions including the Video and Image Processing (VIP) Suite; and a CD-ROM with a video mosaic reference design developed by Bitec.
"This development kit showcases the video-processing capabilities of the industry's only 65-nm low-cost and low-power FPGAs," said Luanne Schirrmeister, director, low-cost products, Altera Corporation. "Working closely with our partner Bitec allowed us to bring to market a versatile video processing platform that enables engineers to quickly develop and prototype a broad range of video applications."
The new video development kit is currently available exclusively through Bitec.
Bitec has a growing range of hardware and software solutions focused on the development of high-speed processing systems. It has a global network of partners and distributors.
Altera's programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively differentiate and win in their markets.
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