Comments on: Chip Design http://www.engscope.com/2009/12/30/chip-design/ An Engineer's Life Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jliu83 http://www.engscope.com/2009/12/30/chip-design/comment-page-1/#comment-6237 jliu83 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:38:32 +0000 http://www.engscope.com/?p=379#comment-6237 Thanks Kati, I'm looking through the literature right now. 5K is actually not that bad. -J Thanks Kati,
I’m looking through the literature right now. 5K is actually not that bad.

-J

]]> By: Kati http://www.engscope.com/2009/12/30/chip-design/comment-page-1/#comment-6165 Kati Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:22:56 +0000 http://www.engscope.com/?p=379#comment-6165 Hi again, I got the info: Altera sells a Video & Image Processing IP suite that includes a scaler: http://www.altera.com/products/ip/dsp/image_video_processing/m-alt-vipsuite.html The list price is $4,995 (much more reasonable than what you listed above.) In addition to the scaler core, there's an alpha blending mixer, color space converter, and other cores that are included in that price. You might be interested in trying out one of our Nios Embedded Eval Kits (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyc3-embedded.html) for $449. On this kit, you can run VIP designs, including dynamic scaling and clipping, using designs posted in the Nios Wiki: http://www.nioswiki.com/User:Suhel_Dhanani/Video_processing_designs_using_Altera_VIP I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to be introduced to a salesperson to get more info or details. Kati Hi again,
I got the info: Altera sells a Video & Image Processing IP suite that includes a scaler: http://www.altera.com/products/ip/dsp/image_video_processing/m-alt-vipsuite.html The list price is $4,995 (much more reasonable than what you listed above.) In addition to the scaler core, there’s an alpha blending mixer, color space converter, and other cores that are included in that price.
You might be interested in trying out one of our Nios Embedded Eval Kits (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyc3-embedded.html) for $449. On this kit, you can run VIP designs, including dynamic scaling and clipping, using designs posted in the Nios Wiki:
http://www.nioswiki.com/User:Suhel_Dhanani/Video_processing_designs_using_Altera_VIP
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to be introduced to a salesperson to get more info or details.
Kati

]]> By: jliu83 http://www.engscope.com/2009/12/30/chip-design/comment-page-1/#comment-6160 jliu83 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:04:59 +0000 http://www.engscope.com/?p=379#comment-6160 Northern VA. Northern VA.

]]> By: Kati http://www.engscope.com/2009/12/30/chip-design/comment-page-1/#comment-6148 Kati Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.engscope.com/?p=379#comment-6148 Hi, I wanted you to know that I saw your request but didn't get a chance to find the pricing today. (I don't understand why we don't list it on our site!) I'll get back to you tomorrow... BTW, where are you located? Kati Hi, I wanted you to know that I saw your request but didn’t get a chance to find the pricing today. (I don’t understand why we don’t list it on our site!) I’ll get back to you tomorrow…
BTW, where are you located?
Kati

]]> By: jliu83 http://www.engscope.com/2009/12/30/chip-design/comment-page-1/#comment-6119 jliu83 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:27:22 +0000 http://www.engscope.com/?p=379#comment-6119 Thanks Kati, I'll take a look at it this weekend. I'm not new to HDL work, so the basics are there, but it'll still be a great read to understand the differences between the Xilinx and Altera platforms. I did my thesis using the Spartans so when it came time to make a purchasing decisions it was a no brainer (yeah.. I do the purchasing as well). I did hear from my colleagues that Quartus is a bit more intuitive than ISE, although I believe he said that 2 or 3 years ago. Several revisions must have gone by since the comment. Right now we are using Spartan 3's although we are looking to upgrade to the Spartan 6's in the coming year. The major barrier to entry for us is the video IP toolset from Xilinx (and Altera). Each module is something like $10K - $20K, which is just ridiculous (for a small company). We ended up writing our own IP cores for all video processing (color correction, video capture, etc). There is a need for scaling in the near future, do you know what is the approximate price of a video scaling core from Altera? -J Thanks Kati,

I’ll take a look at it this weekend. I’m not new to HDL work, so the basics are there, but it’ll still be a great read to understand the differences between the Xilinx and Altera platforms. I did my thesis using the Spartans so when it came time to make a purchasing decisions it was a no brainer (yeah.. I do the purchasing as well).

I did hear from my colleagues that Quartus is a bit more intuitive than ISE, although I believe he said that 2 or 3 years ago. Several revisions must have gone by since the comment. Right now we are using Spartan 3′s although we are looking to upgrade to the Spartan 6′s in the coming year. The major barrier to entry for us is the video IP toolset from Xilinx (and Altera). Each module is something like $10K – $20K, which is just ridiculous (for a small company). We ended up writing our own IP cores for all video processing (color correction, video capture, etc).

There is a need for scaling in the near future, do you know what is the approximate price of a video scaling core from Altera?

-J

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