Xilinx at the Heart of Innovation in Broadcast Applications What: IBC2008
DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today
announced that its industry-leading programmable logic solutions for enabling
broadcast applications will be showcased at the International Broadcasting
Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, Netherlands from September 12 through 16.
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Xilinx Demonstrations -- Booth #10.F30
Xilinx will conduct live demonstrations of new solutions for video and
audio connectivity, including: triple-rate support for SD/HD/3G-SDI, audio
(de)embedding in HD-SDI, and video over IP; an advanced video development
platform for PCI Express(R); and DVB-T/H modulation and IP encapsulation.
-- Triple-Rate SDI Connectivity: Demonstration of new triple-rate SDI
reference designs supporting SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI on a single
RocketIO(TM) transceiver pin. These designs are available as free of charge
source code to broadcast equipment manufacturers, enabling them to get to
market quickly and easily adapt to 1080p60 standards. Also available are a
wide range of new designs supporting SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI, 3G-SDI
Levels A & B, and DVB-ASI, as well as conversion between standards.
Brand new for IBC2008 is the introduction of an embedded broadcast
monitor/controller, a MicroBlaze(TM) processor-based program that allows
engineers to quickly access and display video and audio stream parameters for
debug and control. On the audio side, Xilinx offers reference designs for
sample rate conversion at less than 130dB, AES interfaces, and new designs for
embedding and de-embedding audio from SD/HD/3G-SDI streams. All of these
enable the system architect to concentrate on the value-add portion of their
design to deliver the features and benefits for end products that offer better
differentiation.
-- Video over IP: Demonstration of broadcast-quality video over IP
connectivity by converting DVB-ASI inputs to gigabit Ethernet IP outputs with
a Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 FPGA on the ML505 development platform. A second ML505
development platform bridges from IP inputs to ASI outputs. Each bridge is
able to achieve full gigabit bandwidth on the IP link and handle up to eight
channels of ASI. Packet recovery is demonstrated with the SMPTE 2002 (ProMPEG
CoP3) FEC-compliant circuitry. Support for multicasting through IGMP v3 will
be showcased for the first time at IBC2008. This system design highlights a
low risk, scalable FPGA solution for easily incorporating video over IP
interfaces into all kinds of broadcast equipment.
-- Advanced Video Development Platform (AVDP): Demonstration of PCI
Express-compliant cards based on Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT and SXT FPGAs. Developed
by OmniTek, the platform enables a standard PC to support professional
broadcast quality video processing, capable of streaming uncompressed video to
and from the PC via 3G-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI, HD-SDI, SDI and DVB-ASI
connectivity. The AVDP includes source code IP at no extra cost for scaling,
de-interlacing and combining video channels, as well as optimized and flexible
interfaces to the embedded PCI Express core in the FPGA and high-speed
external memory. The AVDP offers a quick, low-risk route from prototyping to
production for any broadcast system design.
-- DVB-T/H Modulation and Video over IP Encapsulation: Demonstration by
MindWay of intellectual property cores: a DVB-T/H modulator and a gigabit
Ethernet VoIP bridge (with embedded DVB-ASI SerDes and full-hardware IP
protocol stack). These cores, mapped over Spartan(R)-3 or Spartan-3A DSP FPGAs,
demonstrate broadcast-quality transmission chains to commercial DVB and IPTV
receivers. The combination of MindWay cores and Xilinx silicon offer a cost-
effective way of providing high performance transmission solutions and
reducing overall cost-per-channel for terrestrial, mobile and IPTV networks.
MindWay also offers cores for DVB-S, DVB-C and ATSC modulation.
About IBC
IBC is the leading event for professionals involved in the creation,
management and delivery of entertainment content, attracting over 46,000
attendees from more than 130 countries worldwide. With over 1,300 exhibitors
including the world's key technology suppliers and a world-renowned conference,
IBC is an event not to be missed. For more information, go to
http://www.ibc.org.
About Xilinx in Broadcast
Xilinx provides a wide array of solutions for the broadcast industry,
including: video, audio and network connectivity; real-time high definition
video processing; and high-speed digital signal processing for transmission
and modulation. In addition, Xilinx offers reference designs and IP cores as
building blocks for developing complete broadcast systems. For more
information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/broadcast.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions.
For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com.
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Silvia Gianelli Christelle Moraga
Xilinx Worldwide Xilinx EMEA
408-626-4328 +44 (0) 1932 836 526
silvia.gianelli@xilinx.com christelle.moraga@xilinx.com
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