Lights, Camera, Altera: Panasonic Selects Cyclone III FPGAs for New High-Definition Camera-Recorders
(Top News, 13 Aug 2008 )
Providing a low-power and quick-time-to-market solution, Altera Corporation has announced that Panasonic has selected Cyclone III FPGAs for its P2 HD Professional-Broadcast High-Definition Camera-Recorders. The P2 HD AJ-HPX2700 and the P2 HD Handheld AG-HPX170 are part of a new series of tapeless cameras developed by Panasonic to meet the growing worldwide demand for high-definition (HD) broadcast.
As the global market shifts to HD, it is vital for broadcasters to deliver crisp, clear picture quality. In the Panasonic P2 HD Professional-Broadcast High-Definition Camera Recorders, Cyclone III FPGAs provide HD video processing, an interface to P2 memory cards and LCD display control. Cyclone III devices deliver the highest ratios of memory-to-logic and DSP-to-logic of any low-cost FPGA family, which is optimal for video processing applications, such as HD cameras.
The new P2 HD AJ-HPX2700 is a professional camera that replaces traditional tapes with high-density flash memory storage. The features simplify field production and media handling in the editing process, and increase mechanical reliability in the field.
The P2 HD Handheld AG-HPX170 is a pro-sumer camera that takes the high image quality and reliability of the AJ-HPX2700 and adds superior mobility with its compact and lightweight system.
About the Cyclone III Device Family
The third generation of Altera’s Cyclone III FPGAs, offer an unprecedented combination of low power, high functionality, and low cost. The Cyclone III family is composed of eight devices ranging from 5K to 120K logic elements (LEs), up to 4Mbits of memory and up to 288 digital signal processing (DSP) multipliers. Built on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) 65-nm low-power (LP) process, the Cyclone III family includes devices that are qualified for commercial, industrial and extended temperatures. For more information about Cyclone III FPGAs, including white papers, handbooks and webcasts, visit www.altera.com/cyclone3.
