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Q1 Spartan-3 系列的 FPGA 是否提供 XtremeDSP 逻辑片，我在视频系统里那些 部分可以应用 Spartan-3？ Not at this point of time. XtremeDSP Slice is targeting for high performance DSP application while Spartan series of FPGA is targeting for cost sensitive application. Spartan-3 itself has Hardware Multiplier that can performance DSP functions efficiently with a maximum performance of 20GMAC/s. Spartan-3 has widely been used in Video Mux, Input video scaling, Image enhancement and also as a co-processor to DSP. Q2 对 DSP 设计来说，是否趋向于同时采用 FPGA 和 DSP 芯片？ We believe this is a natural result of the increased demand for more bits/second to be passed over a fixed media – and the resulting requirement for extremely high amounts of DSP processing. The other driver for using both FPGAs and DSPs is that the electronics design world is becoming more and more complex, with the introduction of new voltage and high speed I/O standards and memories, and FPGAs make an ideal companion to interface to the profusion of standards used today. Q3 Altera 也提供他们对视频处理的解决方案，您们的方案有甚么不同？ I am not aware whether if they have just released any video processing solution. However, there are several important differences which Xilinx are superior of in term of solution pertaining to Video processing. First of all, Xilinx has a Video Starter Kit that allows customer to start development immediately with the bundled software. Next, Xilinx offers High Speed Ethernet Hardware Co-Sim that Altera does not have. I will also like to quickly point out the key differences between Virtex and Stratix solutions. Note that every XtremeDSP Slice is capable of performing MAC operation. SII also has fewer 18x18 Multiplier ( 512 vs 384). V4 also has SRL16 that is unique to Xilinx and the SRL16 is very useful in implementing delay line,