Imagination demonstrates POWERVR FRC270 Frame Rate Conversion IP Core

POWERVR FRC IP cores enable highly intelligent up-sampling of up to HD resolution content from 24fps to 100/120fps up to 200/240fps, with excellent de-judder and motion de-blur characteristics. The IP core will be shown running in a real-time FPGA-based system.

POWERVR FRC270 sets the highest standard for quality and performance per square millimetre with areas starting at less than 3mm2 in a 65nm LP process. The low silicon area requirements of FRC270 enable chip manufacturers and OEMs for the first time to achieve significant system cost reductions by enabling the integration of FRC capabilities within their SoC designs.. This will significantly improve the video playback viewing experience for consumers for low frame rate source material in TV broadcast as well as handheld camera applications. POWERVR FRC270 is ideal for a wide range of markets including TV, STB, Blu-ray players, mobile phones, and video conferencing.

Says Tony King-Smith, VP Marketing, Imagination Technologies: “Our long association with the digital HDTV industry has enabled us to develop an unrivalled range of display enhancement technologies suitable for consumer TV and STB applications, and POWERVR FRC270 is the latest demonstration of our commitment to the mainstream TV market. With a broad portfolio of IP cores - including frame rate conversion, de-interlacers, skin tone and blue/black stretch engines and more – POWERVR display technologies have it covered. Indeed, an increasing number of Tier one OEMs and specialist TV/STB SoC designers are either already adopting or considering moving away from their in-house technologies to Imagination-based solutions.”