IP core suits high-definition video

he Full HD decoding hardware is supported by three VLIW processors; two VLIW processors that have tile architectures and one stream processor meant for entropy coding.

Silicon Hive has released the HiveFlex VSP 2500 video signal processing solution for full high definition (HD) video codecs.

It is the world's first fully-programmable video coding solution for Full HD (1080p).

The Hive VSP 2500 is a multiprocessor system that scales with tile architecture.

By adding or removing tiles, SoC platform owners can address various operating points in terms of area, power and performance.

A two-tile system can be programmed in software to support 1080p 30 frames a second H.264 baseline Level 4 decoding using a 225MHz Clock.

Adding more tiles extends the Hive Flex 2500's functionality, addressing encoding and transcoding applications and even enables further video processing such as scaling, frame-rate conversion and noise reduction to be realised.

Other standards are programmable in software, including VC-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

The solution is also scalable to lower performance points like HD-ready (720p) and SD (576p).

The HiveFlex VSP 2500 builds on the tiled architecture of the already released VSP 2200 series.

The Full HD decoding hardware is supported by three VLIW processors; two VLIW processors that have tile architectures and one stream processor meant for entropy coding.

The hardware architecture also includes small but powerful 2D Vector/Scalar DMA engines to reduce I/O overheads.

With this solution, Silicon Hive addresses the challenges of HD codecs: high computational complexity and high data bandwidth requirements.

Since the solution is fully-programmable, chip companies can adopt a platform approach to reduce lifecycle costs and introduce SoCs with multistandard codecs and differentiating video signal processing features.

The HiveFlex VSP 2500's target markets include consumer electronics, portable terminals and mobile phones.

Because of its flexible nature the processor is well-positioned to service emerging markets such as IPTV running on these types of platforms.

It is delivered as a soft IP core, with support for synthesis, characterisation, test-vectors and test logic insertion.

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