Xilinx Korea (Branch Manager Heung-sik Ahn) April 20, 2012– Xilinx announced a Display TDP (Targeted Design Platform) based on the ACDC (acquisition, contribution, distribution and consumption) 1.0 hardware platform of Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. (hereinafter TED), a member company of the Premier Xilinx Alliance Program, at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB). This Display TDP accelerates the development of 4K2K monitors and high-resolution projection systems by combining existing 1080i or 1080p video sources into nearly perfect 4K displays. As the most recent addition to Xilinx's growing TDP library, it enables broadcast equipment designers and manufacturers to rapidly implement solutions targeting the ACDC (acquisition, contribution, distribution and consumption) domains of the video production value chain.

This Display TDP is built around FPGA (field programmable gate array) devices from Xilinx's Kintex™-7 product family, manufactured using industry-leading 28-nanometer technology. Based on the Kintex-7 FPGA-based Display TDP, broadcast equipment designers developing new equipment can reduce power consumption, enhance system performance to 4K2K resolution, and improve design productivity, enabling rapid implementation of display or projector systems. The inherent programmability of FPGA provides flexible adaptability to continuously evolving industry content delivery and display standards throughout design and production. By using the Display TDP, designers can focus on differentiating features, thereby gaining competitive market advantage over competitors.

Yasuo Hatsumi, Vice President of TED, stated, "The Kintex-7 device is the industry's first FPGA that provides high-speed serial performance critical to supporting new display interfaces at a price point suitable for the power and system performance requirements needed for high-end 4K2K displays, projectors, and consumer digital TV production," and added, "By combining Xilinx's display reference design with our hardware platform, designers no longer need to develop video stream frameworks from scratch."

TED is a recognized leader in the visual display solutions sector, having sold over 500 units of the previous-generation platform developed on Xilinx's Spartan®-6, 45-nanometer FPGA, to world-class digital display and projector brands.

Ben Runyan, Marketing Director of Xilinx's Broadcast and Consumer segment, stated, "Our FPGA-based solutions for broadcast ACD (acquisition, contribution and distribution) networks continue to provide cutting-edge technology solutions for equipment manufacturers," and added, "Our solution combined with TED will help customers rapidly develop systems capable of implementing 4K2K video and deliver them to consumers everywhere around the world. We believe this TDP will contribute to making 4K2K displays commonplace displays like 1080p flat monitors everywhere."

Display TDP
The new Kintex-7 FPGA-based Display TDP provides enhanced integrated productivity enabling developers of ultra-high-resolution visual display systems to seamlessly combine four 1920x1080 interlaced or progressive video input channels to develop 4K2K displays, digital cinema/home theater projectors, or broadcast studio monitors. This TDP includes three reference designs:
• HD-4K2K Scaler/Upconverter
• 4 HD Input Mosaic
• 4K2K Frame Rate Converter (FRC) 60Hz - 120Hz

Introduction to Kintex-7 Devices
The Kintex-7 FPGA incorporates several outstanding features in various ACDC broadcast solutions. These features include an AMS (Agile Mixed Signal) block that enables users to monitor and test internal blocks of the design, and also allows integration of analog functions such as ADC and DAC on the FPGA. This improves performance, saves board space, and reduces the BoM of the finished product.