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Altera FPGAs Help NVISION Shrink Broadcast Router for Mobile Video Production | |
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April 25, 2006 —NVISION, the leading provider of high-reliability broadcast routing systems, today unveiled the smallest big router in the world, the NV8288 Digital Video Router. Developed with FPGAs from Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR), the NV8288 delivers price-performance value in a small, power-saving package. Altera’s low-cost Cyclone™ II devices perform several data control functions in1 NVISION’s NV8288 router. By integrating functions into a single Altera® device, NVISION significantly reduced the NV8288’s form factor, weight and power consumption, while increasing its price-performance advantages compared to competitive routers. “Altera’s technology let us rapidly implement industry-leading features and capabilities in the smallest physical area,” said Chuck Meyer, president of NVISION. “As a result, we’re delivering ground-breaking digital video router products for mobile TV broadcast with superior functionality, performance and scalability in the smallest form factor.” Specifically designed for use in mobile video production trucks and other space-constrained applications, the NV8288 delivers the same high-level performance and reliability as NVISION’s large-scale studio routers. However, the NV8288 accomplishes this at half the size (10 RU), half the depth (12 inches deep), half the weight (approximately 150 pounds) and half the power consumption (less than two kilowatts) of other large-scale routers on the market. Fast, Reliable Data Routing NVISION also uses Altera FPGAs in its machine control and audio routers, the NV5256 and NV7512. In the NV5256 machine control router, Altera Cyclone series devices perform high-speed time-division multiplexing (TDM) on multiple data streams to enable the data to be quickly and efficiently routed throughout the system. Integrating several data streams into a single device minimizes board area and contributes to the notable compactness of the NV5256. In the NV7512 audio router, Altera’s transceiver-based Stratix® GX FPGAs provide a reliable, error-free, integrated multi-gigabit data channel for the TDM crosspoint feature. To accomplish reliable data transmission at the multi-gigabit-per-second data rates achieved by the crosspoint, NVISION requires the highest degree of signal integrity, which is provided by Stratix GX devices. “By using Altera FPGAs, NVISION achieves unique product advantages with their broadcast routers,” said Todd Scott, senior director of Altera’s broadcast business unit. “Their new NV8288 router is clearly creating a broadcast industry benchmark.” |
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