A 30 Gop/s image processor

 Campell 25 Oct 99 The newest in the family of single-chip Media Accelerated Processors for digital imaging and digital media products has been introduced by Equator Technologies. Running at 220MHz, the MAP1000A delivers an unprecedented 23 GOPS (Billion Operations per Second) of processing power, the highest available in the industry, the company claims.

The MAP1000A(TM) is based on a unique, proprietary architecture that delivers the industry's highest levels of signal and image processing power in a general-purpose embedded processor. Equator's MAP family of mediaprocessors provides a platform for system designers to move the core functions of their media-rich products into high-level software, thus improving system flexibility and time-to-market.

Target applications include set-top boxes, digital TVs, personal computers, video conferencing systems, medical imaging products, digital video editing equipment, video and wireless network infrastructure, and office automation products.

  • two-channel or four-channel MPEG digital TV with audio and concurrent browsing;
  • United States HDTV audio and video decoding with concurrent web browsing;
  • personal video recorders (PVRs) with full standard-definition MPEG-2;
  • multi-channel digital video encoding, transcoding and routing;
  • a wide range of image processing products.

 

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