Xilinx devices are powerful and programmable, which can help many Sony professional products for real-time processing.

September 30, 2021

September 30, 2021, Beijing, China-Xilinx, Inc., a leading adaptive computing company A/V) applied electronic products, including the latest XVS. With their respective cutting-edge technologies, Xilinx and Sony have joined forces to create the world's most advanced audio and video products, which can be used for shooting and live broadcast events worldwide.

The Xilinx  virtex ultra-large-scale FPGA with high-bandwidth memory plays a key role in the new XVS-G1 video switcher. The brand-new XVS-G1 video switcher follows the characteristics and functions of the existing models, while adding cutting-edge technology to achieve enhanced visual processing of live events, and supports up to 24 4K UHD channels. The embedded HBM controller and high-performance transponder of Xilinx devices support high-speed processing and high dynamic range (HDR) in high-resolution 4K mode, with wide color gamut and extremely low latency. XVS-G1 will be the first broadcast video switcher that uses Xilinx  HBM technology to deploy live sports events and other events.

Xilinx is a leading semiconductor company in the professional audio and video market. For more than 20 years, Xilinx has been committed to providing flexible, differentiated and standards-based solutions. These solutions combine software programmable, real-time audio and video processing, hardware optimization and arbitrary media connection functions to meet the needs of Sony's professional audio and video system.

Koichi Yamanaka, senior general manager of Sony’s Media Solutions Business Unit, said, “Xilinx technology has helped us improve the real-time processing and audio and video routing capabilities of the new XVS-G1 switch. We use Xilinx equipment because of its The architecture allows us to flexibly customize and upgrade related functions to adapt to the rapidly changing market needs and meet customer specific product needs."

In addition to the new switchboard, Xilinx equipment is also used in Sony’s various professional solutions, including:

Venice full-frame digital movie camera.

Fx9 full-frame 6K sensor camera. Bvm-hx310 31-inch 4K  TRIMASTER  HXTM professional main monitor.

Hdc-5500 portable system camera with three 2/3-inch 4K CMOS sensors and HDCU-5500 camera control unit.

Yousef  Khalilollahi, Vice President of Xilinx Asia Pacific, said, “Sony provides a comprehensive solution suite covering shooting, processing and recording functions. We are very proud to be able to help many Sony products (including the latest XVS series production switchboards) through Xilinx’s flexible adaptive equipment. ) Successfully realized real-time audio and video processing functions."