FPGAs deliver high performance Dolby Vision for UHD displays

Dolby Vision aims to deliver a greater visual experience to TV displays. The imaging technology enables content creators and television manufacturers to deliver greater brightness, more nuanced darks and a fuller palette of colours. According to Dolby Laboratories, it can deliver signals offering 40 times brighter highlights and up to 1,000 times greater contrast than today's TVs.

David Gamba, Senior Director, Consumer Business Unit, Altera, commented: "Equipment manufacturers must address new, complex 4K, 8K, H.265/HEVC and connectivity standards, and FPGA programmability allows them to complete design cycles faster and deliver products to market. The work with Dolby, an innovative technology leader, shows the value of rapid algorithm processing enabled by Altera FPGAs and SoCs to bring groundbreaking, innovative designs to market."

"Altera FPGAs provide the processing and compression capabilities that enable Dolby Vision to override previous technology limitations that required video content to be altered before being reproduced for transmission. With Dolby Vision, producers and creative teams have the freedom to use a fuller gamut of colours, as well as peak brightness and deep contrasts for better viewing experiences," added Roland Vlaicu, Vice President, Consumer Imaging, Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby and Altera are already engaging with several television manufacturers for the solution.