MB86298 “RUBY”
Graphics Display Controller
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Description
The Fujitsu MB86298“Ruby”is a standalone graphics display
controller (GDC) compliant with the OpenGL® 2.0 standard.
This highly integrated GDC, which is compatible with the latest
generation of PCI Express MCUs that are available from a
growing number of suppliers, provides a broad range of features,
functionality and flexible implementation options. It is ideally
suited for high-end automotive designs including dashboard
systems, head-up displays (HUD), telematics systems, navigation
systems and rear-seat entertainment applications. The MB86298
“Ruby”is also ideal for avionics and high-end industrial
applications.
scene level, as opposed to only at initialization, providing
significant power savings. Hardware support for some functions of
the OpenVG 1.1 standard is also included.
The MB86298“Ruby”GDC, which can drive four displays of
varying resolutions (1600 x 600 or 1289 x 1024), is the first
product of its kind to support the dual-view display panels. These
panels, which are becoming popular in center-stack applications,
allow one display panel to show both driver information and active
entertainment content while hiding the latter from the driver’s
view. The new GDC also supports dithering for improved image
quality and gamma correction, which compensates for variations
in display panels.
This GDC minimizes power consumption to a typical rating of
under 2.5W, eliminating the need for heat sinks or active cooling
systems. As with all Fujitsu GDCs, the MB86298’s design
strategically balances performance and power consumption. For
example, as with most graphic processing units, it supports full-
scene anti-aliasing (FSAA), which requires a lot of memory and,
by extension, higher power. Unique to the MB86298“Ruby”GDC,
this FSAA capability can be programmed to occur on a scene-by-
The MB86298 incorporates a fully programmable unified vertex
and fragment shader architecture to meet the OpenGL® 2.0
standard. State-of-the-art interfaces to the host (PCI Express,
single lane) and graphic memory (64 bit DDR2-800) provide the
necessary bandwidth for data throughput for future high-end
graphics applications.