D/AVE HD - 2.5D vector graphics rendering IP core family for FPGAs and ASICs

The D/AVE HD GPU family is an evolution of D/AVE 2D family supporting high quality 2D and 3D vector-graphics rendering for displays up to 4K x 4K. Targeting modern graphics applications on high resolution displays in the Industrial, Medical, Military, Avionics, Automotive and Consumer markets, D/AVE HD is designed to be fast with powerful functionality. It is based on a modular fixed-function architecture and highly configurable concerning feature set and footprint. The size-optimized variants are the ideal choice e.g. for feature rich wearables, smart watches and Edge-AI devices with animated 2D and 3D GUIs, while the fully featured variants target performance demanding 3D- and vector-graphics in professional and high-end consumer electronics applications. 
D/AVE HD is available for both FPGA- and ASIC-integration with high customizability and scalability and already silicon proven e.g. in automotive, general purpose and wearable products.

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D/AVE HD product brief

Product Updates

In 2022 D/AVE HD got several updates especially targeting low-power and low-cost mass market applications such as wearables and general purpose MCUs. Here a summary of the most important improvements:

  • TES new Framebuffer Compression down to 1 byte per pixel
  • TES new Stable Dithering modes - allowing additional "high-quality framebuffer compression" down to 2 byte per pixel
  • BC1 texture compression
  • Support for additional frambuffer and texture formats:
    • 24bit color formats RGB 888, BGR 888, ARGB 8565, RGBA 5658
    • 8bit formats ARGB 2222, RGBA 2222
  • Excellent customizability for optimal feature/footprint balance
  • Improved integrability

Product Highlights

  • Advanced Graphics Features:
    • 3D graphics operations
    • Rotation Engine
    • Composition Engine
    • Transformation & Warping Support
  • High-performance pixel pipeline (typically 4 times faster than D/AVE 2D, up to 20 times for particular use cases)
  • Framebuffer compression down to 1 byte per pixel
  • Full Khronos compliant OpenVG 1.1 API (optional)
  • Optimized Power Management Support
  • Hardware multi-threading support
  • Hardware system security support
  • Highly configurable to optimally meet specific target application scenarios

 

D/AVE HD Configuration Examples

The following table shows the feature-related D/AVE HD configuration options and presents some example configurations including footprint estmations. D/AVE HD can be configured and customized to meet your specific needs - Please feel free to contact us!

APIs

D/AVE HD is provided with the following APIs. The drivers are reentrant and OS agnostic.

  • D/AVE HD API
  • Optionally:
    • D/AVE 2D Wrapper API
    • OpenVG 1.1
    • EGL 1.3
  • Others are possible on request

D/AVE HD Eval Kits

Various options are available. All of them are delivered with:

    • D/AVE HD bare metal drivers as precompiled library
    • D/AVE HD demo- and test-applications as source code
    • SoftDave: Pixel exact emulator for D/AVE HD allowing to run all provided applications on Windows PCs
      • No hardware is needed to take the first steps in evaluating D/AVE HD!
    • Installation guide, API documentation and tutorial

    Beside the SoftDave PC Eval Kit also FPGA-based Eval Kits are available allowing to experience D/AVE HD under real-time conditions.

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    Download:
    D/AVE HD product brief