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Surgeons No Longer Have to Grapple with Video Image Lag or Jagged
Edges and Artifacts on Progressive Scan Displays

National Display Systems Inc. The development
platform uses an integrated 32 -bit MicroBlaze(TM) RISC processor in the FPGA
to run complicated processes, such as false contour reduction, which requires
a high-speed memory interface for frame-by-frame motion compensation and
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MORGAN HILL, Calif. PPT uses proprietary algorithms to eliminate
these undesirable effects and enhance the visual quality necessary for
procedures such as tying sutures and examining tissue.nationaldisplay. Madhukar Dev, CEO of Tata Elxsi, a leading provider of
customized design solutions."

Digital Displays Solutions
Xilinx partners DDC, Tata Elxsi and Apical have proven reference design
offerings for both the digital display panel and the video board.

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"We are accelerating customer time-to-market by delivering advanced
digital displays solutions such as precise gamma correction, image dithering
engines and color temperature adjustment compensation, dynamic false contour
reduction and image dithering engines on the market's lowest-cost FPGA
family," said Mr."
"We have targeted our digital displays solutions development to the Xilinx
Spartan family of devices, which we feel best addresses the high-performance
and low-cost requirements of the flat-panel television industry," said Brian
Donahoe, President of DDC, a craftsman organization committed to providing
best-in -class design services for the digital industry.

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The Radiance 19" Surgical Display supports 8 video formats
including Component Video, SDI, and DVI inputs., a leading
provider of advanced image processing solutions.

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"Image lag is no longer an issue," said Ron
Hansen, NDS Product Manager.xilinx.com/displays for more information.xilinx.

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The enhanced image is then output to either LVDS or DVI
connectors, enabling support for multiple panel types.

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These new technologies, along
with 8 modality inputs clearly make the Radiance a superior display
for minimally invasive surgical procedures. The Company currently has flat-panel products operating in
more than 1,000 medical facilities around the globe.xilinx.

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The end result is a super fast response time where image lag is
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"Customers are looking for solutions to implement integrated contrast and
color enhancement algorithms while still maintaining flexibility to tune flat
panel displays to account for regional variations in color preferences," said
Michael Tusch, president and managing director of Apical Ltd .

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Panel makers are expanding their production
capacities to meet demands and encourage adoption.
"Designers of display systems compete to the be the first to deliver
advanced imaging processing techniques and differentiated value-add features
for high-quality television viewing at price points that enable them to
capture the largest market share for a given panel size. "We found the Xilinx
Spartan-3 family of devices capable of supporting the high-speed parallel
digital signal processing required to implement our advanced dynamic range
correction algorithms, while providing the necessary programmable flexibility
required for displays' color customization requirements. With the recent introduction of
its Spartan-3E family, Xilinx continues to add new market-specific features to
its low cost Spartan Series while reducing the cost by 30X since its
introduction.com/esp/S3.

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For more details on the Radiance and a full list of
specifications, log on to
http://www.htm and choose the
data sheet link on the right.

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For more information regarding NDS, log on to
www. Nijverheidscentrum 2D
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 2761 JP Zevenhuizen (ZH)
408-776-9878 The Netherlands
31 (0 ) 180 634356

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions.
For more information, visit http://www.

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Two years in development, the Radiance (TM) display has
made truly breathtaking strides in improving video image quality by
employing proprietary technologies including Image Lag Reduction (ILR)
and Picture Perfect Technology (PPT )., Xilinx Inc.newscom. For more information on the Spartan-3 and Spartan-3E FPGA
families, please visit http://www.com.

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Radiance Display Sets New Standard for Surgical Procedures: Eliminates Video Image Lag and Offers Eight Modality Inputs

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com/medical/surgical. Proven Alliance Program Solutions Speed Introduction of Leading Edge LCD and
PDP Televisions

SAN JOSE, Calif. Spartan-3 FPGAs have
gained wide acceptance across key digital display manufacturers worldwide and
continue to help them manage time-to-market, differentiation, and cost
pressures ," said Krishna Rangasayee, senior director of Vertical Marketing and
Partnerships at Xilinx.

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Image Lag Reduction (ILR) greatly improves the display's response
time and reduces image lag, a major hurdle in LCD technology and
acceptance to the surgeon. National Display Systems - Europe
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Xilinx Announces Advanced Reference Designs to Accelerate Design of Flat-Panel Displays

Available through partners in
the Xilinx Alliance Program, the reference designs are proven on a
Spartan(TM)-3 based validation platform developed specifically to address key
technical challenges faced by LCD and PDP television panel and video board
designers. According to iSuppli,
worldwide shipments of LCD and PDP TVs are expected to increase from 20
million units in 2004 to nearly 80 million units in 2009.

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"Customers can
implement our favorite color transformation , motion artifact compensation and
auto contrast, sharpness enhancement and noise reduction algorithms easily on
a Spartan device to quickly deliver leading-edge image quality products to the
marketplace .

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To address this demand, Xilinx has partnered with Alliance partners
Digital Design Corporation (DDC), Tata Elxsi and Apical to introduce
ready -to-use, FPGA-optimized, fully-tested reference designs that enable
advanced image processing features such as precise gamma correction, motion
artifact estimation, noise reduction, sharpness enhancement , and connectivity
features like LVDS/RSDS Rx/Tx and flexible timing controllers.

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About National Display Systems

NDS is the worldwide leader in design and integration of
flat-panel displays used in patient monitoring, surgery, and
radiology.

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(NDS), the leading medical-grade LCD
display manufacturer for surgical procedures, has once again shown its
technological dominance in the manufacturing of medical-grade flat
panel LCDs.com

Price and Availability

Contact National Display Systems for price and availability of
surgical displays and software packages. "Not only does this accelerate customer
time-to-market at a lower cost point -- any designer using a Spartan-3-based
display development board can easily evaluate these complex algorithms in
minutes.

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Picture Perfect Technology (PPT) eliminates jagged edges
(staircasing effect) that appear when interlaced video signals are
displayed on an LCD.

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The flat-panel display market is one of the fastest growing segments in
the electronics industry, thanks to declining prices and government mandates
promoting digital programming.
The various solutions have been validated on an advanced FPGA-based
digital displays hardware development platform based on the Spartan-3 FPGA
family.

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It also has built in
GAMMA correction to allow doctors to view DICOM compliant Radiological
Images in the sterile field. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today
announced the immediate availability of several solutions that digital display
designers can use to accelerate the development of complex image enhancement
algorithms in high-quality flat-panel displays. These
companies are all members of the Xilinx Alliance Program, which requires their
solutions to pass a rigorous certification process.

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"ILR technology anticipates the LCD drive
required from one video frame to the next and modifies the LCD's drive
level. The platform provides a connection to a video source where the
Spartan-3 FPGA stores the image in memory and manipulates it on a
frame-by-frame basis. The fully certified
digital displays and video board solutions include:

Panel Solutions Video Solutions

LVDS Receiver Dynamic Gamma Adaptive dynamic range correction
Correction Favorite Color Transformation
Precise Gamma Correction Motion Artifact Estimation and
Image Dithering Engine Compensation
Color Temperature Adjustment Brightness and Contrast Adjustment
Dynamic False Contour Reduction Sharpness Enhancement
Timing Controller Motion Adapted Temporal Noise Reduction
RSDS Transmitter LVDS Transmitter
Mini LVDS Transmitter DDR Interface

About Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs
Based on its industry leading performance and low price points, the Spartan
Series has been broadly adopted in high-volume, consumer applications such as
DVD players, plasma displays and HDTV -- resulting in an estimated 70% percent
lead over the company's nearest competitor.