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Display Applications
Today, consumers demand more and more functionality in their mobile devices. This demand forces vendors to quickly innovate their products, especially in display. Display engineers look for silicon solutions that enable them to meet their power, cost, and form factor requirements while at the same time allow them to meet their time-to-market requirements. SiliconBlue's iCE65™ mobileFPGA™ devices along with display design examples are made specifically to address these challenges. As a companion chip to an application processor, the iCE65 mobileFPGA can address a host of display applications including timing control, image downscaling/upscaling, and image rotation. See Figure 1.
Figure 1 - iCE65 mobileFPGA can implement display functions and can drive one or multiple displays
Graphics LCD Interface
A graphic LCD controller is used to control the display and refresh operation of a LCD. However, different LCDs have different time control requirement making it difficult for processors to support different LCDs. Using a SiliconBlue iCE65 mobileFPGA device as graphic LCD controller allows the designers to expand the types of displays their existing application processor can address.
Image Downscaling / Upscaling
In order for an application processor to drive multiple displays of different resolutions, upscaling or downscaling of the image will be required. For example, on a netbook, the processor may need to drive out a display resolution that is different from the native screen resolution. SiliconBlue's iCE65 mobileFPGA device can serve as a companion chip to a processor to upscale or downscale the image without requiring the system designer to upgrade to a more expensive processor.
Image Rotation
With added support of TV out, VGA, and other displays, image rotation feature is often needed in mobile devices. By using a SiliconBlue's iCE65 mobileFPGA device, image rotation can be implemented cost effectively while maintaining the best power possible along with maximum flexibility.
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