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News Release from: Elixent | Subject: D-Fabrix RAP technology
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 October 2002
Reconfigurable algorithm processing
stars in Japan
Elixent's first public demonstration of its reconfigurable algorithm processing (RAP) technology took place last week at the CEATEC show in Japan.
Elixent's first public demonstration of its reconfigurable algorithm processing (RAP) technology took place last week at the CEATEC show in Japan The company used its RAP technology to take an image and encode it via JPEG using a single piece of silicon running the different algorithms needed for this task
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The demonstration clearly showed the performance and die area improvements possible with reconfigurable technology.
The demonstration used an Elixent test chip and involved encoding a JPEG image using five separate configurations of the same RAP array.
The chip was originally configured as a virtual hardware DCT engine, then reconfigured as a virtual hardware quantiser and so on, illustrating the flexibility of the array.
The implementation could have been done with fewer configurations but the benefits would not have been so clearly shown.
The demonstration chip achieved a throughput of 0.5 RGB pixels per clock cycle, providing a total throughput of 30Mpixel/s at only 60MHz, giving significant savings in power consumption.
"We're very excited to have clearly shown that our D-Fabrix RAP technology works and can really compete in the high-volume consumer marketplace", said Kenn Lamb, CEO at Elixent.
"The JPEG implementation that we've demonstrated is only the tip of the iceberg.
A multitude of consumer products are going to benefit from the smaller die area, high performance and true product flexibility that Elixent's technology can offer".
Elixent were invited to participate on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) stand at the show as one of the top ten UK technology companies whose innovation and vision was felt most representative of the image of the UK by the DTI.
The DTI and its subsidiary, the Japanese Electronics Business Association (JEBA) fully supported Elixent and were instrumental in assisting with logistics, allowing the company to demonstrate its D-Fabrix technology at CEATEC.
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