The Virtex-5 FPGA-based solution delivers the programmability and computing power required to deliver high-definition (HD) video quality. Ateme’s HD platform is designed to handle 720p60 or 1080i30 HD content and encodes in H.264/AVC main and high profile at bit rates ranging from approximately 3Mbps for IPTV applications, while supporting bit rates for contribution and archive server applications.
In the highly competitive, fast-changing H.264 encoding market, making available the best video quality with fast time-to-market and ease of use is paramount, said Pierre Larbier, chief technical officer at Ateme. Today’s high-performance FPGAs provide the programmability and performance required by designers to meet market demands.
Virtex-5 FPGAs deliver unrivalled processing performance for leading broadcast video solutions such as Ateme’s high-definition H.264/AVC encoder, said Paolo Masini, senior manager of broadcast vertical marketing at Xilinx. The Virtex-5 family offers the industry’s largest and fastest FPGAs in the market today, enabling the most flexible and extensible platform for delivering continued H.264 efficiency and quality enhancements, a critical requirement in the highly competitive and rapidly advancing H.264 encoding market.
