Xilinx And Digital Harmony Announce New Low-Cost IEEE 1394 Reference Design For Consumer Applications

Spartan-II FPGA-Based Solution Enables Networking Of Audio/Video Consumer Products

12-Mar-01

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Digital Harmony announced DHIVAô-X (Digital Harmony Interface for Video and Audio), a complete low-cost reference design based on a XilinxÆ SpartanTM-II FPGA. The reference design provides OEM manufacturers the ability to immediately integrate IEEE 1394 and HAVi (Home Audio Video interoperability) functionality to consumer products such as CD players, set-top boxes, audio/video receivers, DVD players, VCRs, surround sound decoders, residential gateways, and home and professional studio equipment. DHIVA-X, a cost-reduced version of the popular DHIVA, provides support for S100, S200 and S400 data rates with IEEE 1394a enhancements, and is capable of transmitting or receiving eight channels of digital audio, one digital video stream, or one MPEG-2 transport stream in full duplex. DHIVA-X uses IEC-61883 for isochronous transmission of audio and video over IEEE 1394, and supports the industry-standard AV/C command set for control of devices. Options are available for DTCP (Digital Transmission Content Protection) - allowing transmission of copy-protected material - and embedded HAVi support. ""Leveraging the low-priced Spartan-II FPGAs serves as the catalyst for the broad deployment of Digital Harmony's 1394 technologies for a wide range of AV and consumer applications,"" said Greg Bartlett, President of Digital Harmony. ""We are very excited to be working with the leader in IEEE 1394 solutions,"" said Robert Bielby, Director of Strategic Applications for Xilinx Inc. ""By taking advantage of the integrated features of the Spartan-II family we have created the lowest total cost solution, while maintaining flexibility and performance addressing a wide range of applications."" Xilinx eSP is the industry's first Web portal dedicated to accelerating the design and development of consumer products based upon emerging standards and protocols. The eSP Web site is a comprehensive resource delivering a powerful array of solutions and information in a single location. Solutions found on the site range from reference designs to IP cores and result from collaboration with a wide range of industry leaders. For more information about Digital Harmony, visit www.digitalharmony.com. For more information about Xilinx, visit www.xilinx.com.

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