Microtronix Premieres Performance SDRAM Memory IP Core For HDTV Applications

LONDON, Ontario—Monday, May 5, 2007—Microtronix® today premiered the Streaming Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core targeted at consumer, medical, and military applications incorporating high-bandwidth streaming data, video or image processing systems. The multi-port core interfaces up to six high-speed streaming-data devices into one high-bandwidth SDRAM memory system; a capability which addresses a broad range of hardware applications across a large market segment including consumer HDTV, medical image processing or automotive entertainment systems. The core sets the standard for ease of design, usability, performance and affordability by incorporating: a new proprietary source-synchronous data capture technology, an intelligent auto-fitter to optimize the device specific architectures of FPGA logic families, and an easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) to simplify the design-entry process.

“The Microtronix Streaming Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core integrates a burst SDRAM memory controller core, a multi-port arbitrator and an intelligent look-ahead FIFO cache controller into one easy-to-use core,” said Philippe Morin, VP Sales & Marketing. “By supporting SDR, DDR, DDR2 and Mobile DDR device families in a single IP Core assures designers of a smooth low-risk migration path with changing technology. It outperforms standard controllers by almost 20 percent.”

Leading manufacturers of high-end visual products who have purchased the Streaming Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core have also bought the Microtronix ViClaro II HD Video Enhancement Development Platform to propel their HD 1080p engineering projects. Combined with video IP, the board is being used to convert, enhance image quality and convert video formats. Applications include; motion judder removal, 720p-1080p up-conversion, auto-scaling, frame rate conversion, motion-adaptive filtering, and colour enhancements.

The Microtronix Streaming Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core supports Cyclone I, II, III, Stratix I, II and GX devices. A risk free evaluation for 30 days is available for download here

Pricing & Availability

The Microtronix Streaming Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core is available for immediate sale. Contact: sales@microtronix.com for details.

About Microtronix

Microtronix has been in business for more than 20 years. The company had its beginning as a designer of custom networking equipment targeted at the TELCO marketplace. The company now focuses their engineering skills on a line of embedded networking products and on providing a turnkey engineering design-development service from product concept through to full production. Microtronix specializes in the rapid development of FPGA based hardware, IP cores, printed circuit board and software solutions for embedded applications.

The company has two business groups: networking products for the Telecom marketplace and speciality high performance, specialty IP Cores based on Altera and Xilinx family of FPGA devices and supporting FPGA development platforms. The company also offers engineering design service for each of these technologies with the goal to provide customers with cost effective solution, which exceed their requirements for service, quality and functionality.

Press Contact:

Blair Bryce
Microtronix
(888) 690-0091 x297
bbryce@microtronix.com