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Texas Instruments (Plano, TX) (www.dlp.com)
used a private suite at InfoComm to brief us on developments of
its newest controller ASIC, the DDP2000. This controller will
integrate additional functionality and is aimed at the low-cost
front-projection market. TI expects to begin production in August,
assuming everything is fine with the design verification. This
could lead to projection products by the end of the year.
| At InfoComm, TI showed the first
silicon samples of the new ASIC. It is designed for use with
the 0.7-inch DDR XGA resolution or 0.55-inch SVGA resolution
DMDs. It consolidates a separate DMD controller chip and de-interlace
chip within the DDP2000, but still needs to be used in conjunction
with the DAD 1000 waveform generator. |
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TI's own DSP-based core is used for scaling, deinterlacing,
and 3:2 and 2:2 pull down. It integrates an ARM processor and
can do 1-D keystone correction.
Compared to a projection electronics board solution
circa year 2000, the DDP2000 solution will be about 50% of the
cost and 50% of the volume.
It will be packaged in a 564-pin BGA and will need a 128 MB DRAM.
An SRAM is optional. It was integrated into a 5" x 4"
PCB, which should shrink to around 3" x 4" in production.
Texas Instruments, Ian McMurray, [44] 1604-663075, i-mcmurray@ti.com
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