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News Release from: Kane Computing | Subject: SignalMaster Quad
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 December 2006
SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 and DRC
Virtex-4
Kane Computing announce that Lyrtech has launched the highly-anticipated Virtex-4 version of its best-selling SignalMaster Quad advanced development platform.
Kane Computing (KCL) are pleased to announce that Lyrtech, a worldwide leader in digital signal processing (DSP) technologies has launched the highly-anticipated Virtex-4 version of its best-selling SignalMaster Quad advanced development platform At the same time, Lyrtech also launched the DRC Virtex-4, a high-performance, pre-processing/post-processing, high-speed I/O link module for the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Further improving the board's lead over its competitors, the FPGA-DSP clusters of the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 are interconnected through onboard, high-bandwidth inter-FPGA RX/TX buses - dubbed RapidCHANNEL - capable of sustained, full-duplex raw data exchanges of 8 Gbps.
This link gives developers the flexibility to treat the two FPGA of the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 as one large resource, an essential feature in applications where high volumes of processing power are necessary.
The two ultrahigh-bandwidth LYRIO+ interfaces of the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 - capable of minimum sustained, full-duplex 12-Gbps raw data exchanges - also allow the FPGA of the clusters to communicate with other high-performance modules.
"Lyrtech reasserts its leadership in digital signal processing with the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4, a world-class development platform for hybrid DSP-FPGA designs," says Benoit Fleury, Lyrtech's Marketing Vice President.
"Coupled with other complementary products from Lyrtech such as high-performance I/O and ADC/DAC modules, this powerful platform will offer endless possibilities to our customers in all regions of the world".
As for the DRC Virtex-4, it is a LYRIO+ expansion module compatible with carrier boards such as the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4.
The module allows high-speed digital data transfers with the carrier board and makes possible interconnecting several SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 or other RapidCHANNEL I/O boards such as the VHS- ADC/DAC Virtex-4 multichannel, high-speed convertor boards from Lyrtech.
The DRC Virtex-4 is equipped with a Virtex-4 LX25 or SX35 FPGA.
A DRC Virtex-4 equipped with an LX25 FPGA further increases the already impressive number of logic cells of the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4, while a DRC Virtex-4 equipped with an SX35 FPGA gives the SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 the much needed DSP slices (96 GMACS of FPGA-based DSP processing) for heavy DSP processing applications such as digital down-conversion filters.
The DRC Virtex-4 can also go as far as linking all the FPGA of a system of SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4, allowing them to be treated as one giant resource.
The SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 and the DRC Virtex-4 can now be ordered from Lyrtech and Lyrtech distributors worldwide. Request a free brochure from Kane Computing ...
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