4DSP is having a BLAST!

BLAST = Board Level Advanced Scalable Technology

One more acronym for the technical glossary...

But, what does a BLAST do? Not much on its own. A BLAST is no more than a small form factor component with a specific feature. However, with system design being increasingly modular BLASTs help by adding  a host of different functionalities to programmable platforms. A BLAST can be high speed SRAM, large density SDRAM, non-volatile memory, video codec, etc... It can be pretty much what you want it to be. The common denominator of all BLASTs is the electrical interface, high speed signaling and the small footprint (21x25mm 160-balls BGA).

 

4DSP started developing the BLAST technology for the FM489 Virtex-5 PMC/XMC.  This led to the release of the FM485 and FM486 products, encompassing great success for software defined radio systems that require the cutting edge technology offered by the blend of FPGA signal processing resources and high speed memory.  Following these first design wins with the BLAST technology, 4DSP released a JPEG2000 compression solution with 250MPixels/s real time video compression. Plans are in the works to grow the BLAST library, a 8GB non-volatile storage is being considered along some additional processing devices.

BLAST is not just a technology for prototyping, its sound mechanical and electrical interfaces make it a choice of reference for ruggedized applications where flexibility meets great performance.

So when is your next project scheduled to BLAST off?

 

For more technical details about the BLAST please refer to the following specifications: http://4dsp.com/pdf/BLAST_specifications_v1.2.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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