FPGA Design Methods for Fast Turnaround
This paper takes an in depth look at a variety of techniques to help you speed up your synthesis iterations. Whether the goal is aggressive performance or to get a working initial design or prototype on the board as quickly as possible, this paper provides information on traditional and new techniques that accelerate design and debug iterations.
White Paper sponsored by Synopsys
Hardware Accelerated H.264 Video Encoding using VAAPI on the Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series
The Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series for the embedded devices market includes the POWERVR* VXE core that provides video encoding capabilities, allowing to encode high definition video streams in the highly compressed H.264 format with a very low main CPU utilization, releasing the general purpose processor for other parallel workloads. This processor feature is available to application developers by means of the open Video Acceleration API (VAAPI [1]). This paper explains how the VAAPI can be applied to a real time video encoding task, explaining the VAAPI function calls flow, and the corresponding parameters.
White Paper sponsored by Arrow
Implementing PCI Express Bridging Solutions in an FPGA
As system bandwidths increase, more applications are moving to SERDES-based interfaces like PCI Express. Newer generation FPGAs with embedded SERDES, like the LatticeECP3 devices, can be used to support a variety of serial protocols like PCI Express, providing a single FPGA platform for multiple designs.
White Paper sponsored by Lattice
Implementing Floating-Point DSP in an FPGA
Are you finding it challenging to efficiently implement floating-point digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms? Learn how Altera’s new floating-point design flow makes it easy and enables your designs to achieve high performance and efficiency.
Beyond the Hype: MIPS® - the Processor for MCUs
A market leader in the Digital Home and Networking sectors, MIPS has adapted its industry-standard MIPS32® architecture to address the requirements of 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) product development, offering a higher-performance, more feature-rich and lower-power solution than that offered by competing cores based on the ARM® architecture. This paper outlines the design features that are implemented in MIPS® processor cores that contribute to their industry-leading performance. Additionally, we compare and contrast MCU design solutions based on the MIPS and ARM architectures. We will provide you with the substance beyond the hype, and key considerations for choosing a MIPS processor core.
White Paper sponsored by MIPS
High-Volume Spartan-6 FPGAs: Performance and Power Leadership by Design
The rapid change in today's design environment requires a programmable solution that provides the highest performance and lowest power at the lowest cost. To meet the needs of high-volume systems, it is essential that the solution uses the latest 45 nm high-volume technology.
White Paper sponsored by Xilinx
High-Definition Video Reference Design Application Note
Learn about using the Altera® high-definition video reference designs to deliver high-quality up, down, and cross conversion (UDX) designs for standard-definition (SD), high-definition (HD), and 3 gigabits per second (Gbps) video streams in interlaced or progressive format. These reference designs are highly software and hardware configurable, enabling rapid system configuration and design. The designs target typical broadcast applications such as switcher, multiviewer, converter, and video conferencing products.
Spartan-6 FPGAs in Video Designs
In this episode of Chalk TalkHD, Amelia chats with Tom Hill and Maureen Smerdon of Xilinx about how Spartan-6 FPGAs can accelerate your next video design, and how adding embedded vision to those designs is getting easier and easier.
Chalk Talk sponsored by Xilinx
Enabling High-Performance DSP with Arria V or Cyclone V Variable-Precision DSP Block
With many advanced applications in the market today requiring high and varying precisions, implementing complex digital signal processing (DSP) can be a challenge. Altera’s innovative variable-precision DSP blocks not only support high-performance signal processing, but also the unique precision requirements of your signal processing designs. Watch this webcast to find out more about the variable-precision DSP blocks in our 28-nm Arria® V and Cyclone® V FPGAs.
Compiling, Installing, and Running MIPS NDK Native Applications
Are you working on Android apps development? This app note on the MIPS NDK describes how to build Android applications in native C or C++.
Understanding the Impact of Single Event Effects in Networking Applications
Reliability of communication is essential in networking applications. The goal of five nines (99.999%) in network availability translates to less than six minutes in downtime in a year for the entire network. Among the many impacts on system reliability are the effects of ionizing radiation on electronic circuits. This radiation can cause memory elements in electronic circuits to change state. When this happens in the configuration memory of SRAM-based FPGAs, it can cause a change in the functionality of the circuit, greatly impacting system reliability. Designers of networking applications must understand the effect of this radiation and how to reduce the risk to the network.
White Paper sponsored by Microsemi
Smartphone and Tablet Accessory Design
In this episode of Chalk TalkHD Amelia Dalton talks to David Flowers from Microchip about creating tablet and smartphone accessories - and how it just may be easier than you think...
Chalk Talk sponsored by Mouser
Scale Beyond 1080p with 4K Design Methodology
Looking for a cost-effective and efficient way to implement 4K and multi-channel video processing? As the world of video progresses to 4K and beyond, the need for higher performance and bandwidth makes system development more complex and expensive.
“Smart” Connected Home Entertainment with Android
Experience the SmartCE (Connected Entertainment) for Android platform from MIPS Technologies in this new video demonstration. The SmartCE Platform enables MIPS licensees and their customers to bring differentiated connected entertainment solutions to market quickly.
Microchip's Accessory Framework for Android(tm)
The Microchip's Accessory Framework for Android provides a mechanism to transfer data to and from an Android application through the USB of the microcontroller.
White Paper sponsored by Mouser