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

Applications

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

Technical Specifications

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