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DSP Magazine
Solutions for High-Performance Signal Processing Designs
Issue 1 : Simplifying DSP System Designs
FPGAs are increasingly being used for signal processing applications. They provide the necessary performance and flexibility to tackle many of today’s most challenging DSP applications, from MIMO digital communication systems to H.264 encoding to a high-definition broadcast system.
We are proud to deliver to you the first edition of DSP Magazine. Packed with articles demonstrating how you can create optimized DSP designs using FPGAs, this magazine is one of many ways in which we will provide you the knowledge to finish your DSP designs faster.
Download the entire magazine (3.7 MB) or individual articles.
Welcome
- High-Performance DSP – Vision, Leadership, Commitment
Editorial by Omid Tahernia, Vice President and General Manager, DSP DIvision.
Viewpoint
- Setting Industry Direction for High-Performance DSP
Xilinx® launches new market-focused DSP Roadmaps.
Multimedia, Video, and Imaging
- FPGA-Based MPEG-4 Codec
Using FPGAs to implement complex video codecs goes beyond ASIC prototyping. - Rapid Development of Video/Imaging Systems
Build real-time video and imaging applications quickly and easily with the Xilinx Video Starter Kit. - Encoding High-Resolution Ogg/Theora Video with Reconfigurable FPGAs
Once the traditional application area of custom ASICs, modern FPGAs can now handle high-performance video encoding. - Implementing DSP Algorithms Using Spartan-3 FPGAs
This article presents two case studies of FPGA implementations for commonly used image processing algorithms – feature extraction and digital image warping. - Using FPGAs in Wireless Base Station Designs
Wireless base station design trends benefit from Virtex™-4 device features. - Accelerated System Performance with APU-Enhanced Processing
The Auxiliary Processor Unit (APU) controller is a key embedded processing feature in the Virtex-4 FX family. - Alpha Blending Two Data Streams Using a DSP48 DDR Technique
Achieve full throughput of the DSP48 slice with a double-data-rate technique.
Defense Systems
- Implementing Matrix Inversions in Fixed-Point Hardware
Our method is based on a synthesizable QR-decomposition MATLAB model and the AccelChip DSP Synthesis tool. - Integrating MATLAB Algorithms into FPGA Designs
The integration of AccelChip DSP Synthesis and Xilinx System Generator for DSP provides a seamless path from MATLAB/Simulink to verified FPGA-based DSP systems. - Software-Defined Radio: The New Architectural Paradigm
Reduce system power and cost with a shared resources SoC. - Virtex-4 FPGAs for Software Defined Radio
Red River’s new PCMCIA Type II module can transform any notebook computer into a software defined radio using a Virtex-4 FPGA for performance-critical DSP functions.
Digital Communication
- Real-Time Analysis of DSP Designs
Agilent combines the FPGA Dynamic Probe and digital VSA. - The Design and Implementation of a GPS Receiver Channel
An FPGA plus DSP creates a powerful combination.
General Purpose and Implementation
- Designing Control Circuits for High-Performance DSP Systems
These simple techniques could save you days of work. - Signal Processing Capability with the Nu Horizons Spartan-3
The Spartan™-3 platform provides a low-cost FPGA-based solution to perform digital signal processing requirements. - Designing with the Virtex-4 XtremeDSP Slice
Harness the full capabilities of the XtremeDSP slice in filter design. - Synthesis Tool Strategies
Set up your designs in Synplify for performance improvement and area savings.
Customer Success
- A Weapon Detection System Built with Xilinx FPGAs
Building a low-cost, low-power, lightweight, highly reliable weapon detection system.
Education
- DSP Design Flow - Intermediate Level
This intermediate course in implementing DSP functions focuses on learning how to use System Generator for DSP, as well as HDL design flow, CORE Generator™ software, design implementation tools, and hardware-in-the-loop verification.