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Press Release
Sage Unveils Single-Chip Solution Providing the Highest Quality Progressive Video Output
World's First 10-Bit Single-Chip Motion Adaptive Deinterlacer Using Faroudja Technology
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000--Sage Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI - news), a leading provider of digital display processors for consumer and PC-display products, today announced the world's first 10-bit single-chip motion adaptive deinterlacer (line doubler). The FLI2200 boasts a number of industry-first features including the proprietary Diagonal Correlation Deinterlacing (DCDi(TM)) capability to eliminate the jagged edges seen on moving diagonal lines in video images. This highly integrated single-chip implementation with advanced video features reduces system cost while providing PC-display and consumer technology manufacturers with unmatched video quality and maximum design flexibility.
With a comprehensive set of video functions that adapt to multiple market segments, the FLI2200 is ideally suited for use in flat-panel TVs (LCD and PDP), progressive scan TVs, multimedia front/rear projectors, progressive DVD players, home theater systems, scan converters and multimedia PCs and workstations.
As supported by leading analyst group, Stanford Resources, ``Video enhancement processors are now even more important and address a much bigger and broader market than in the past. The DTV/HDTV rollout in the U.S. is becoming more confused and appears to be stalled. In fact, existing non-HDTV sources such as satellite, cable, DVD and even VHS tape can be made to look outstanding with a good processor -- and for a very reasonable price,'' stated David Mentley, senior vice president of Stanford Resources.
The advantages that the FLI2200 brings to consumer technology manufacturers have been realized at Zoran Corporation, located in Santa Clara, Calif., a leading provider of digital solutions-on-a-chip for applications in the growing multimedia and Internet consumer market. Addressing the progressive scan market, Zoran Corporation has incorporated the Sage FLI2200 into a new DVD player reference design. ``With Zoran's Vaddis® III DVD Decoder and Sage's FLI2200, we were able to create a reference design for the cost-sensitive DVD market that supports progressive scan output while providing high-quality video,'' said Ram Ofir, director of marketing at Zoran Corporation.
The FLI2200 uses recently acquired Faroudja Laboratories' Emmy award-winning deinterlacing and post-processing algorithms to convert standard interlaced video signals, as used in conventional TV sets, into progressive scan signals, as used in computer monitors and progressive televisions. The deinterlacer's industry-first features include Diagonal Correlation Deinterlacing (DCDi(TM)). The DCDi algorithm was developed specifically for Faroudja's highly acclaimed HDTV broadcast upconverter, the Digital Format Translator (DFT), and eliminates the jagged edges seen on moving diagonal lines in video images. Additionally, motion adaptive Cross Color Suppression, another world-first exclusive feature of the FLI2200, eliminates the shimmer and fluctuating false colors or artifacts often seen in TV images. These are decoding artifacts that can otherwise be removed only by the use of an expensive 3-D comb filter.
``The FLI2200 display processor is the first product from Sage that incorporates advanced technology from Faroudja Laboratories,'' said Chandra Reddy, president and CEO of Sage. ``Video technology products are rapidly evolving to address the requirements of high-quality video processing, which makes them more valuable to both consumer and commercial markets. The superior video quality and low system cost afforded by the FLI2200 will make it a critical component for a new generation of electronics, including enhanced TVs, DVD players, flat panel monitors and projectors.''
In addition to the FLI2200's world first features, the deinterlacer can be used either with or without external frame buffer memory, enabling consumer and PC-display manufacturers to use a single design for many product models. The FLI2200 also provides a glueless interface to industry-standard video and MPEG decoders. Other advanced performance capabilities include motion adaptive deinterlacing with optimal filtering on a per pixel basis, film mode for proper handling of 3:2 and 2:2 pull down, and bad-edit detection/correction. The FLI2200 supports 8/10-bit CCIR656, 16/20-bit YUV and 24/30-bit RGB or YCrCb interlaced input, 8/10-bit, 16/20-bit YUV and 24/30-bit RGB or YCrCb progressive output, and auto-detection of NTSC/PAL/SECAM inputs.
Pricing and Availability
Available in a 176-pin TQFP package at prices starting at $29.00 each in volumes of 10,000, the FLI2200 is currently sampling and will be available in volume quantities in late November 2000. |
