User manual

- 6 -

4 Introduction

This document presents and describes the third and fourth generations of Merging hardware/software solutions, high performance,

cost effective audio processing cards. The MYKERINOS is a third generation PCI based board. The MYKERINOS-X is a fourth

generation PCI Express based board.

5 Mykerinos/-X Features Overview

Mykerinos is Merging's answer to create a leading edge high performance audio processing card solution. It builds upon over 10 years

of experience designing and manufacturing PC based Audio Cards and incorporates hundreds of users feedbacks into a compact

flexible fourth generation solution.

Here is a quick summary of features:

• Driver support for Windows XP/Vista

• Very cost effective

• Support for all sampling rates from 32 kHz up to 192 kHz, as well as DSD and DXD.

• Open Plug-In (all C-code) architecture supporting Surround-sound and DVD formats

• Highly flexible modular I/O architecture can be tailored to user's needs by the use of dedicated daughter boards. This I/O

modularity offers a unique opportunity to meet a wide range of market requirements

• Current Audio I/O daughter card options include ADAT - S/PDIF, MADI, AES/EBU, AES/EBU II, TDIF, SDIF and DUAL

• Very high performance card capable of high track playback (up to 64 tracks) and vast I/O capabilities (up to 64 channels)

• Multiple cards interconnected through XDTDM (eXtreme Definition Time Domain Multiplex) bus with support of up to 512

audio channels

5.1 Mykerinos specific:

• PCI V2.1 compliant. Supports both 5 Volts and 3.3 Volts PCI environments

• Based on 2

generation Philips Trimedia 32 bit floating point processing VLIW technology

• High Performance (upto > 400 MFlops sustained, 800 MB/s SDRAM interface, etc.)

• On board Sync Connector, which includes Video Sync I/O supporting PAL, NTSC and all trilevel HDTV rates, VITC reader

and generator, LTC reader and generator and built-in time code insertion into Video window.

• 2 channel 24 bit 96 kHz on-board monitoring output

5.2 Mykerinos-X specific:

• PCI Express v1.0a, full x1 PCI Express throughput

• Based on 3

generation Philips Nexperia 32 bit floating point processing VLIW technology

• High Performance (up to > 600 MFlops sustained, 1600 MB/s DDR SDRAM interface, etc.)

• On board Sync Connector, which includes Video Sync I/O supporting PAL, NTSC and all trilevel HDTV rates and LTC

reader and generator.

• 2 channel 24 bit 192 kHz on-board monitoring output, a DSD monitoring is also available.