Imaging processor gains high-definition option

Aspex Technology has expanded its Linedancer family of high-performance, programmable imaging processors with the Linedancer-HD.

Aspex Technology has expanded its Linedancer family of high-performance, programmable imaging processors with the Linedancer-HD.

The Linedancer-HD is specifically for designers who require high-definition processing capabilities but will also offer standard-definition capability.

For companies using high definition, Linedancer-HD will incorporate all the tried and tested functionality of the established Aspex Linedancer platform with the additional feature of dedicated data I/O interfaces.

This will allow data to be streamed directly into the device, simplifying system design and eliminating interface logic.

Linedancer-HD contains 8192 processors (associative processing elements) and will be available at up to 400MHz clock rate.

This new HD device has been designed with compatibility as a priority so that Linedancer software code seamlessly ports to Linedancer-HD.

Linedancer-HD is supported by a comprehensive suite of development tools, including application specific libraries, enabling customers to rapidly develop products.

"Our image processing customers demand high performance processing power without additional component costs.

Our goal with Linedancer-HD is to provide an easy-to-use processor specifically for the HD market but based on a common hardware platform which supports our customers' product development cycle.

In order to ensure that we deliver outstanding business value to our customers, we have designed Linedancer-HD to be fully scalable and 100% software programmable, as a result reducing component costs", said Paul Greenfield, Aspex' CEO.

Aspex expects to sample the new Linedancer-HD device in Q1 2004.

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