Harris Chooses Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs for New Multi-Format Broadcast Router Line
April 16 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Broadcast Industry Leader Boosts Engineering Productivity With
Altera Triple-Rate SDI Development Kit SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR)
announced today that Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has selected the
Stratix(R) II GX-based development kit and 3-Gbps serial digital
interface (SDI) intellectual property (IP) MegaCore(R) function to
reduce development time by several months for their recently
introduced line of Platinum(TM) video broadcast routers. "Altera's
SDI solution was instrumental in reducing engineering time and
maintaining high-definition signal integrity," said Tim
Thorsteinson, president of the Harris Broadcast Communications
Division. "Altera provided us with a complete development
framework, including a high-quality MegaCore, which optimized our
engineering team's productivity and allowed great flexibility in
our video routers." Stratix II GX FPGAs support SDI,
high-definition (HD)-SDI and 3-Gbps SDI serial data speeds with up
to 20 triple-rate SDI full-duplex transceiver channels operating
across a range of 270 Mbps to 3 Gbps. Its transceiver circuitry
supports data rates up to 6.375 Gbps and integrates hard-coded
clock/data recovery (CDR) and serializer/deserializer (SERDES)
functions. Addressing HD Signal Quality Challenges Maintaining
video signal integrity in the studio environment is essential in
next-generation switchers, H.264 encoders, routers, transcoders and
integrated receiver/decoders. Using the Stratix II GX-based
audio/video development kit, broadcast designers can maintain high
signal quality in their HD systems. The development kit is the
first to support triple-rate SDI, including the SMPTE 424M
standard. It simplifies product development by enabling engineers
to address HD degradation points, or "quality hot spots," and
implement the full 1080p HD video format in their studio systems.
"Altera and our partners enable cost-effective broadcast system
designs that notably improve HD video signal quality," said Tim
Colleran, vice president of Altera's consumer, automotive and
broadcast business units. "We provide entire development platforms,
not just devices, which allow broadcast OEMs to focus on their core
competencies and differentiate their A/V systems." About Altera
Altera programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor
companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate
and win in their markets. Find out more at http://www.altera.com/.
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