NEC Electronics has launched its new application-specific standard product (ASSP), the µPD9280GM, which is expected to reduce blurring that occurs when low-resolution images and video are expanded and displayed in 1920 x 1080-pixel HD monitors.
The new ASSP, which is based on single-frame super-resolution technology, boosts 720 x 480-pixel standard definition (SD) image data to achieve crisp images in HDTV broadcasts. It claims to support one billion colours (30-bit color depths), which is expected to enhance colour vividness and accuracy of display.
NEC said that many image-enhancement technologies have been developed to process low-resolution image data into full HD images but they require large capacity external memory devices and high-performance compute engines. But NEC’s super-resolution ASSP enables high-resolution processing with just one frame of image data. Reducing the processing load eliminates the need for external memory.
The company also plans to develop super-resolution system-on-chips (SoCs) by leveraging its super-resolution IP cores that can be embedded into ASICs or other ASSP products. The company has released its previous ASSP, µPD9245GJ in February.
