Hantro G1 multi-format hardware decoder brings an unprecedented level of format and resolution support to enable all kinds of video applications. It is also the first hardware decoder in the market to support full WebM (VP8) decoding.
Intended for chips powering multimedia devices (mobile phones, portable media players, tablets/netbooks, DVD/Blu-ray players, STB, car infotainment, etc.), Hantro G1 is built on silicon-proven designs deployed in hundreds of millions of chips worldwide and thus, provides semiconductor manufacturers with a minimal risk solution for integrating high performance video capability into their chips.
Hantro G1 decoder design is exceptionally fast, requiring around 100MHz clock frequency to decode 1080p video at 30 fps, and can achieve 60fps decode for 1080p video in real life conditions. The core supports unlimited multi-format, multi-channel decoding, enabling simultaneous playback of up to ten SD streams. It uses unique pre-fetching and buffering mechanisms to enable smooth operation with low-end SDRAMs, realizing significant savings in power and overall chip design and manufacturing costs.
Features
- H.264 Baseline, Main and High Profiles, levels 1 - 4.2
- H.264 MVC Stereo High Profile
- VP8 for WebM and WebP support
- MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simple Profiles, levels 0 – 5
- Sorenson Spark
- H.263 Profile 0, levels 10 – 70
- WMV9 / VC-1 Simple, Main and Advanced Profile, levels 0 - 3
- MPEG-1&2 Main Profile, levels low, med and high
- RealVideo 8/9/10
- DivX 3/4/5/6
- VP6, VP7
- AVS Jizhun Profile
- JPEG and MJPEG support
Benefits
- All algorithms in HW – minimal CPU load
- Minimal power consumption – functional level clock gating and synthesis time clock gating (>90% of registers under gating)
- Integrated image/post-processing block
- Extensive resolution, format and feature configurations
- HW sharing for multi-instance support
- Three buffering options for minimizing memory bandwidth
- High latency and non-sequential access delay resilience
- Feature fusing for manufacturing different chip variations
Deliverables
- Hantro G1 Decoder RTL configured Source Code in VHDL or Verilog format
- Control Code in ANSI C Source Code format including hardware drivers and application programming interface (API)
- OpenMAX IL API Source Code
- Hardware Integration Guide
- Hardware Simulation Guide
- Software Integration Guide
- API User Manual
- OpenMax IL API User Manual
- Test software in ANSI C
- Test data and test bench for RTL verification
- Synthesis script
- OpenMAX IL test client