PICA200 for FPGA

PICA®200 for FPGA 3D Graphics IP

PICA200 for FPGA, based on the proven PICA200 graphics IP core compliant with the Khronos Group OpenGL ES, is the industry’s first real-time full 3D graphics IP core optimized for FPGA-based low-volume manufacturing.

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Industry’s first IP solution for FPGA with full 3D graphics of up to XGA resolution

PICA200 for FPGA has been developed for applications using FPGA for the purpose of securing low-volume manufacturing and/or long-term supply of industrial, medical, and aerospacerelated equipments etc. With DMP’s IP solution for FPGA, it is now possible to realize sophisticated HMIs (Human Machine Interfaces) with real-time 3D graphics on these type of equipment. Furthermore, PICA200 for FPGA supports XGA resolution (1024×768 pixels) and as such, it is capable of rendering 3 million or more polygons per second (when running at 50MHz) or 1 pixel per clock realizing high-resolution 3D graphics on FPGA which previously, were only possible with general-purpose GPUs or ASICs.
As for the software development environment, it allows for efficient and low-cost content production when used together with authoring support tools that realize seamless workflow from major CG tools.

Main features / Specifications

• Frame buffer: Maximum 4095×4095 pixels
• Pixel format: RGBA4444, RGB565, RGBA5551, RGBA8888
• Vertex program (ARB_vertex_program)
• Render to texture
• mipmap
• Bilinear texture filtering
• Alpha blending
• Full-scene antialiasing (2×2)
• Line antialiasing
• Polygon offset
• 8-bit stencil buffer
• 24-bit depth buffer
• Single/Double/Triple buffer
• Vertex performance: Maximum 3.8M polygons/sec (for 50MHz)
• Pixel performance: Maximum 50M pixels/sec (for 50MHz)
• Supported FPGA: Xilinx® Virtex®-5 (Support for Altera Stratix® III and others planned)