Full HD/UHD video and vision integrated platform solution

Overview

The videantis v-MP4180HDX is a unified video & vision platform integrating both full-HD/UHD multi-standard video codecs and embedded vision acceleration on a single silicon footprint with minimum load on the host CPU. The integrated multi-standard stream processing unit supports high bitrate encoding and decoding.

Multi-standard video decoding in full HD resolutions and scalability up to UHD is supported for all relevant video standards like H.264/AVC, MVC, WMV9/VC-1, and Google VP8 / WebM Project with upgradeability to future upcoming standards on the same device, e.g., H.265/HEVC. Multi-standard HD video encoding is supported with an enhanced set of compression tools and a wide range of customization options, e.g., for low latency or high dynamic range encoding applications. The v-MP4180HDX further operates as a high-performance embedded vision accelerator, enabling natural user interface (NUI) or advanced automotive driver assistance functions in a truely embedded low power, size-constrained environment. The optimized OpenCV vision library available for the v-MP4180HDX unlocks the potential of a worldwide vision developer community for a wide range of vision applications being accelerated on the videantis platform.

The v-MP4180HDX is available as a drop-in solution proven in real system environments and optimized to tolerate long memory access latencies of real-world systems. Extensive conformance testing has been performed to assure high product quality and full customer satisfaction. Through its field upgradeability in silicon, the v-MP4180HDX provides a future-proof solution for extended product lifetimes through the addition of further codecs, embedded vision functions and value-add features simply by firmware update.

Key Features

  • Unified platform solution
    • Quad v-MP2000SD video engine + v-SP2000 multistandard stream unit
    • Scalable multi-core design for video & vision
    • Complete pre-verified and optimized subsystem
    • Optimized multi-core task allocation for low power and high performance
  • 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
  • Embedded vision acceleration
    • Accelerated OpenCV vision library orders of magnitude faster than on host CPU
    • Up to sixty-four 16-bit pixels processed per cycle
    • For natural user interface (NUI) functions, e.g., face recognition, gesture control
    • For automotive driver assistance, e.g., lane detection, pedestrian detection, cruise control
  • Value-add image processing features
    • Rotation, scaling, color conversions
    • Graphic overlays, blending, picture in picture
    • Deinterlacing, denoising, deblocking
    • Can be performed in parallel to en-/decoding
  • Advanced application-specific video processing
    • High-end frame rate conversion
    • Robust video stabilization
  • Very small silicon area footprint
    • 3.73mm2 silicon area in 40nm technology incl. sync. bus interfaces & all memories
    • Target technologies: 90nm…22nm
  • Ultra low power consumption
    • Special low-power instruction set
    • Reduced memory activity through selective read
    • Fine-grain clock gating
    • Only 32mW for H.264/AVC HP 1080p decoding in 40nm technology
  • Easy system integration
    • SoC bus interface options: 32/64/128 bit, synchronous/asynchronous interfaces
    • OCP, AMBA AXI
    • OpenMAX IL 1.1 / GStreamer plugin support for seamless codec integration
  • Short time to market & future proofness
    • Reliable subsystem, pre-verified in silicon
    • Extensive conformance testing
    • Various FPGA prototyping platforms
    • Field-upgradeable features, codecs and applications 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 performance video & vision
  • Significant cost savings through unified platform
  • Field-upgradeable codecs and features
  • Embedded vision acceleration for natural user interface, driver assistance
  • Very small silicon area and ultra-low power consumption

Block Diagram

Full HD/UHD video and vision integrated platform solution Block Diagram

Applications

  • High-end feature phone
  • HD set-top box
  • Car infotainment
  • Automotive driver assistance
  • Home entertainment
  • IPTV
  • Streaming video

Technical Specifications

×
Semiconductor IP