3D OpenGL ES 1.1 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)

Overview

Key Features

• Low resource usage
• Low gate count ( ~1Mio. Gates for ASIC)
• Low internal memory requirements ( ~125 K Memory Bits)
• ~70K Logic elements for FPGAs
• Offers a wide range of graphical primitives
• Lines, Triangles, Quadrangles
• Prepared for easy SoC integration
• ALTERA AVALON support
• ARM AMBA-AHP, ARM AMBA-APB Bus support
• Performance robust to high memory latency
• Single clock domain architecture
• High Performance
• 100 Mio. Pixels/Second fill rate (100 MHz).
• 6,6 Mio. triangles throughput (100 MHz.)
• Early-Z-Test
• High Quality Rendering
• Anti-Aliasing and Sub-Pixel accurate rendering
• Edge-Based-Filtering for image scaling
• Per-Primitive-Anti-Aliasing (settable per edge)
• Static dithering at Framebuffer write back to enhance RGB565 output
• Fully programmable Transform and Lighting Engine
• Textures
• 2048 x 2048 Texture size
• Flexible texture color format handling
• Texture compression
• Texture offset swizzeling
• Framebuffer
• 2048 x 2048 supported
• ARGB8888, ARGB4444, ARGB1555, RGBA5551, RGB565, AL88, AL44, A8
• Blend Modes - Blend, Multiply, Darken, Lighten

Benefits

• 100% cache hit rates
• No latency from external data
• Internal pipeline latency ignored
• 100 MHz.

Deliverables

• Documentation (HTML)
• VHDL
• Driver
• Ready to use NIOS project, based on Altera Evaluation Kit & Tools
• PC based emulation set-up
• Ready to use demo
• Application SW templates

Technical Specifications