FPGA-Based Products Highlight Altera Performance Benefits at SDR Forum
19 November 2003 - 6:56AM
PR Newswire (US)
FPGA-Based Products Highlight Altera Performance Benefits at SDR
Forum What: At the SDR Forum, Altera will demonstrate how the
hardware flexibility provided by programmable logic is key to
delivering the performance required by software-defined radio (SDR)
products. As an example, General Dynamics Decision Systems'
software-defined Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) radio is equipped
with Altera FPGAs. The CSAR radio is a small, hand-held transceiver
that has become the worldwide standard for Combat Search and Rescue
communications. Forum attendees can further explore Altera
FPGA-based SDR solutions by visiting General Dynamics Decision
Systems' booth (booth #23), that will feature the CSAR radio and
the US Navy's Digital Modular Radio (DMR), which is also powered by
Altera FPGAs. Altera and General Dynamics Decisions Systems will
jointly present a paper on developing FPGA cores for SDR, and
Altera will present a separate paper on using FPGA co-processors in
SDR architectures. Details on these paper presentations are below.
-- Synthesizing FPGA Cores for Software-Defined Radio Advances in
integrated digital signal processing (DSP) functions within FPGA
architectures now exceed the performance that can be achieved with
stand-alone DSP processors. This paper describes an overall SDR
design that implements DSP core functions by applying the
parameterizable requirements that generate the specific functions
for various communications waveforms. The integration process,
command and control interfaces, data structures, and signal flow of
such an implementation are all detailed. It will be presented in:
Poster Session #10 Nov. 19, 2003 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. -- Using
FPGA Co-Processors in Software-Defined Radio System Architectures
SDR systems require flexibility, long life-cycles, low cost and low
power requirements. This paper describes an SDR architecture based
on a combination of processors and FPGA co-processors and details
the benefits of this approach, which delivers a fully programmable
architecture capable of providing the high signal-processing
performance and other capabilities required for an optimal SDR
system design. It will be presented in: Poster Session #9 Nov. 18,
2003 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. When: SDR Forum 2003, Nov. 17-19, 2003
Where: Booth #28 Disney's Contemporary Resort Orlando, Fla. For
additional information, visit:
http://www.altera.com/education/events/northamerica/evt-
events_northamerica.html Media Contacts: Martin S. Won Altera
Corporation 408-544-6397 NOTE: Altera, The Programmable Solutions
Company, the stylized Altera logo, specific device designations,
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their respective holder. DATASOURCE: Altera Corporation CONTACT:
Martin S. Won of Altera Corporation, +1-408-544-6397, or Web site:
http://www.altera.com/
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