HSP4890

The Intersil HSP48908 is a high speed Two Dimensional Convolver which provides a single chip implementation of a video data rate 3 x 3 kernel convolution on two dimensional data. It eliminates the need for external data storage through the use of the on-chip row buffers which are programmable for row lengths up to 1024 pixels.

There are Internal Register banks for storing two independent 3 x 3 filter kernels, thus facilitating the implementation of adaptive filters and multiple filter operations on the same data. The pixel data path also includes an on-chip ALU for performing real-time arithmetic  and logical pixel point operations.

Data is provided to the HSP48908 in a raster scan noninterlaced fashion, and is internally buffered on images up to 1024 pixels wide for the 3 x 3 convolution operation. Images with larger rows and convolution with larger kernel sizes can be accommodated by using external row buffers and/or multiple HSP48908s. Coefficient and pixel input data are 8-bit signed or unsigned integers, and the 20-bit convolver output guarantees no overflow for kernel sizes up to 4 x 4. Larger kernel sizes can be implemented however, since the filter coefficients will normally be less than their maximum 8-bit values.

The HSP48908 is manufactured using an advanced CMOS process, and is a low power fully static design. The configuration of the device is controlled through a standard microprocessor interface and all inputs/outputs are TTL compatible.