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SD Video Codec Companion Solution

The SD Video Codec Companion Solution enables flexible multi-standard de- and en coding at very low silicon cost and extended battery life at the same time. It supports the widest range of video encoding and decoding standards plus value-add image/video processing features and is field-upgradeable for extended product lifetime.

Easy system integration of the SD Video Codec Companion Solution is facilitated through a generic interface to industry-standard bus systems and a generic memory interface to the system CPU.

Coming with a fully optimized application suite and comprehensive integration support, the SD Video Codec Companion Solution is truly a one-stop solution for cost-sensitive video communication and playback devices.

Features

Companion solution

Smallest silicon footprint
Highest integration flexibility
Flexible load balancing with host CPU

Multi-standard video codecs

H.264/AVC, MVC
MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, H.263, Flash (Sorenson)
WMV-9/VC-1, RealVideo 8/9/10
Google VP8 / WebM Project, On2 VP6
MPEG-2, MPEG-1, JPEG
Extensible to further standards on same silicon, e.g., H.265/HEVC

Value-add image/video processing features

Image enhancements, rotation, scaling
Graphic overlays, blending, picture in picture
Deinterlacing, denoising, deblocking
Color conversion (RGB/YUV, YUV/RGB)
Error robustness
Customer-specific extensions

Very small silicon area footprint

98kgates core logic + 24kB…40kB memories
Target technologies: 90nm…22nm
0.37mm2 silicon area in 40nm technology incl. synch. bus interface & all memories

Ultra low power consumption for extended battery life

Only 5mW for H.264 BP D1@30fps decoding in 40nm technology
Very low clock frequency requirements for advanced video functions

Easy system integration

Seamless integration with industry standard system CPUs: ARM, MIPS, custom CPU
SoC bus interface options: 32/64 bit, synchronous/asynchronous
AMBA AHB, AXI, OCP, others

Short time to market & future proofness

Reliable core, pre-verified in silicon
Various FPGA prototyping platforms supported
Field-upgradeable features and codecs by firmware download

Complete solution

Comprehensive applications suite, fully optimized for performance and resource usage
Fully documented API in C source code for codecs and features
Example integration in application framework
One-stop offer including full integration support options

Benefits

Highest flexibility companion solution
Works with any host CPU
Very small area footprint
Ultra low power
Encoding & decoding on single footprint
Field-upgradeable codecs and features

Applications

Mobile TV, DVB-H, DMB
Portable media player
Car infotainment
Video playback
Streaming video
Camcorder, DSC
Voice & Video over IP

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