Xilinx Korea (Country Manager Ahn Heung-sik) April 3, 2015 – Xilinx announced the launch of a next-generation Video over IP connectivity solution for the transition to all-IP-based industrial networks. This new connectivity solution enables the transmission of "all media regardless of network" in the broadcast and professional A/V markets. Xilinx provides SMPTE ST 2022-1,2 and SMPTE ST 2022-5.6 IP cores and reference designs, defining and adopting Video over IP protocols for aggregation and distribution networks. These cores compress multi-compressed JPEG 2000 or MPEG Transport Streams (MPEG-TS) or uncompressed SDI streams over 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet IP networks, recover lost packets with optional Forward Error Correction (FEC), and enhance media transmission.

Xilinx’s new Video Over IP core and reference design support the SMPTE ST 2022-7 uniform (heatless) protection switching standard and can be used with Xilinx Kintex®-7 FPGAs and Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoCs using FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMCs) from Xilinx Alliance members inrevium AMERICA and Faster Technology. Additional SMPTE ST 2022-compliant IP cores include a new high-channel count Video Over IP Forward Error Correction (FEC) engine capable of handling up to 512 transport streams.

Xilinx has developed an IP core and reference design that enables video sink signal distribution over IP networks and generates clocks and timestamps for remote video sources to handle IEEE1588 PTP (Precision Time Protocol)-based timing and synchronization techniques in local and wide area networks. This IP core and reference design is also implemented in the new broadcast standard draft SMPTE ST 2059-1 and -2. Compliance with this new video over IP core and reference design has been verified by the Video Services Forum Inc. (VSF), and it is one of the development platforms that won the 2014 Emmy® Award in the technical and engineering category for the standardization and commercialization of JPEG2000 (J2K) interoperability by the VSF.

Robert Green, Senior Manager of the Broadcast and Pro A/V Business at Xilinx, stated, “The transition to IP-based technology presents tremendous opportunities in terms of cost reduction, video production efficiency, and scale. However, some vendors may feel confused and hesitant as they must initially select protocols for various applications.” He added, “By releasing a firmware-upgradable Video over IP platform alongside the Ethernet PHY, Xilinx devices can accelerate time-to-market and lower adoption risk with core and reference designs that support all media regardless of the network.”

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ST 2022-1,2,7 and ST 2022-5,6,7 cores are currently available for purchase from Xilinx. Further details can be found on the Xilinx website at www.xilinx.com/products/intellectual-property/ef-di-smpte2022-12.html and www.xilinx.com/products/intellectual-property/ef-di-smpte2022-56.html. The Video over IP FEC Engine 1 is available in the Vivado® Design Suite 2015.1 release, and the ST 2059 core is available in Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite 2015.3 release. Free system-level reference designs for all cores, along with application notes, are available at www.xilinx.com/esp/broadcast/refdes_listing.htm.

Xilinx's Broadcasting and Professional A/V

Xilinx is a leader in all-programmable FPGAs, SoCs, and 3D ICs for the broadcast and professional A/V markets, offering a diverse range of solutions including video, audio, network connectivity, real-time 8K and 4K, high-resolution video processing, and video over IP. These solutions enable all media regardless of the network, accelerate time-to-market, and allow for greater innovation and differentiation in broadcast and professional A/V systems. For more information, please visit www.xilinx.com/applications/broadcast.html.