AverLogic is the longest and largest FIFO provider and plans to remain so. AverLogic announced its 3Mbit frame FIFO, AL422B, in 1998 and has offered a Lead-Free (PBF) version (RoHS standard compliant) since 2003, the FIFO range contributing significantly to the success of the company. Also available in AverLogic's FIFO lineup are the AL440B 4Mbit Video FIFO, AL4V9x/ AL4V18x series Line FIFOs, AL4Cxx series Communication FIFOs, and AL5DAx/ AL5DSx series Dual-Port SRAM.

What is a FIFO?
¡§FIFO¡¨ is a type of frame memory that is used to transmit and receive audio/ video/ graphic data. AverLogic's FIFO ICs provide fully independent access to input and output ports that can support a maximum speed of 80 MHz for video FIFO and 133 MHz for communication FIFO. These devices are available in various density, bus width and operating speed configurations. The built-in address and pointer control circuits provide an easy-to-use bus interface that greatly reduces design time and effort. The FIFO can work with Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Digital Signal Processor (DSPs) and a variety of other processors to offer the function of buffering digital data, such as audio, video or graphic data.

What are examples of FIFO's applications?
The AverLogic FIFO chip's are used in a wide range of applications such as Multimedia systems, Video capture systems, Video editing systems, Scan rate converters, TV's picture in picture (PIP) feature, Time base correction (TBC), Frame synchronizer, Digital video camera, buffers for communications systems.systems.

How could AverLogic FIFO¡¥s benefit you?
Designers can benefit by using discrete FIFO products instead of integrated solutions to reduce implementation and debugging efforts, reduce time to market, preserve engineering Intellectual Properties (IP), and save development costs.