Xilinx Enables Point Grey Research To Develop World's Smallest Firewire Camera
Xilinx Spartan Family Of FPGAs Deliver Low Cost And Time-To Market Benefits For Digital Video Applications
SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Feb 5, 2002 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), today announced that Point
Grey Research, a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced
vision technologies, has begun production of the world's
smallest IEEE-1394 board level CCD camera. An OEM version
of the Point Grey Dragonfly, the camera achieves it's ultra-small
package by utilizing Xilinx(R) Spartan(TM) FPGAs to implement
CCD timing, data buffering, external lighting, advanced
asynchronous trigger and IEEE-1394 link layer functions.
Because it is based on FPGA technology, the camera is completely
reprogrammable via the 1394 interface allowing simple field
upgradeability. Point Grey is one of the many companies
utilizing Xilinx low-cost FPGAs to gain a competitive advantage
in digital video applications using the IEEE-1394 link layer
functionality.
"We've been using Xilinx FPGAs for four years and the features
and benefits of their products (hardware, development software,
intellectual property and support) are unparalleled," said
Rod Barman, president of Point Grey Research
"Increasingly, Xilinx low-cost Spartan family of FPGAs are
being used in a wide range of digital video applications,"
said Robert Bielby, senior director of strategic solutions
marketing at Xilinx. "Point Grey's latest IEEE-1394 board
level camera is a great illustration of the level of integration
and capabilities the Spartan FPGA family delivers to a very
unique digital video application."
About Xilinx Spartan FPGAs
The Xilinx Spartan-II FPGA series was created to offer a
cost-optimized system logic solution by providing the advantages
of fast development-to-production time, advanced system
features, and in-system reprogrammability at competitive
prices. Spartan-II FPGAs provide total cost management through
the design, production, and life cycle phases, allowing
manufacturers to address all aspects of a product's cost.
About Xilinx eSP for Digital Video Applications
In addition to offering a wide range of solutions that accelerate
time-to-market in various applications, Xilinx offers the
industry's only web portal dedicated to accelerating product
development for digital convergence products. Xilinx eSP
(www.xilinx.com/esp)
now features a comprehensive resource dedicated to the development
of digital video technologies. Solutions found on the site
include reference designs, technology tutorials, system
block diagrams, IP Cores and result from collaboration with
a wide range of industry leaders.
About Point Grey Research
Point Grey Research is a product engineering and technology
company founded in 1997. The company's primary focus is
three-dimensional stereoscopic computer vision technologies.
Applications include people and object tracking, virtual
reality modeling and dimensioning, human-machine interfacing,
and mobile robotics, used in the medical, aerospace, military,
security, mining, automotive, retail and interactive entertainment
industries. For more information, please visit the company's
Web site at www.ptgrey.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable
logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits,
software design tools, predefined system functions delivered
as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded
in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented
the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more
than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx
solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time
required to develop products for the computer, peripheral,
telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation,
aerospace, defense, and low-power portable and consumer
markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site
at www.xilinx.com.
