A Single‐Chip Video/Audio CODEC for Low Bit Rate Application

In this paper, we present a design of video and audio single chip encoder/decoder for portable multimedia application. The single‐chip called as video audio signal processor (VASP) consists of a video signal processing block and an audio signal processing block. This chip has mixed hardware/software architecture to combine performance and flexibility. We designed the chip by partitioning between video and audio block. The video signal processing block was designed to implement hardwired solution of pixel input/output, full pixel motion estimation, half pixel motion estimation, discrete cosine transform, quantization, run length coding, host interface, and 16 bits RISC type internal controller. The audio signal processing block is implemented with software solution using a 16 bits fixed point DSP. This chip contains 142,300 gates, 22 kbits FIFO, 107 kbits SRAM, and 556 kbits ROM, and the chip size is 9.02 mm ×9.06 mm which is fabricated using 0.5 micron 3‐layer metal CMOS technology.     

基于IF303的CMMB移动数字电视接收终端方案设计

为真正实现移动多媒体的交互业务,基于对CMMB网络结构的分析,提出了一种应用于CMMB的手持数字移动电视接收终端的设计方案。该方案以创毅视讯IF303芯片作为核心,给出了软件和硬件的模块结构框图和功能设计。实践证明,基于本方案设计的CMMB终端能够完成数字移动电视的视频、音频解码,达到良好的播放效果。     

HDTV接收系统中视频解码的研究与实现

本文简要分析了HDTV接收系统中视频解码的特点与实现方法,介绍了一种HDTV视频解码器的硬件结构及其工作过程。重点讨论了该视频解码器的软件系统结构,主要模块的设计与实现。该视频解码器可对符合MPEG-2 MP@HL的视频流进行解码并兼容多种视频格式的输出。     

高效的H．264指数哥伦布解码器设计

H．264视频压缩标准凭借高压缩比和较好的图像质量，已经作为一种新型的标准被广泛接受。由于H.264的解码复杂度很高，软件实现难以满足实时性的要求，所以需要采用硬件解码。本文提出了一种针对H．264视频编码标准的可变长指数哥伦布码解码的硬件设计结构，给出了一种系统解码时间消耗与系统资源占用较少的硬件设计方案，最后给出了设计最终的仿真以及后端设计的结果。     

基于NVDK的AVS-M视频解码器的实现与优化

研究了AVS-M视频编码技术特点和NVDK C6416的体系结构,设计了一种基于NVDK C6416硬件平台的AVS-M视频解码器.阐述了AVS-M视频解码器的硬件实现和软件优化方法,经优化后的解码器能实现AVS-M视频的实时解码,具有可靠性高、体积小、功耗低和易于升级等特点.     

SDI接口数字监视设备的设计与实现

介绍了一种对SDV(串行数字视频)信号进行解码的设备设计方案，提出了该系统的总体构架，并对该系统的硬件设计、软件设计进行了全面的论述。设计的产品具有较高的性能价格比，已进入了推广阶段。     

基于Blackfin DSP的H.264解码显示

在简要介绍BF533 DSP开发平台的基础上,着重描述如何对BF533的PPI,DMA等硬件资源进行配置,以及如何将解码器输出的YUV数据按照ITU-R 656帧格式配置成帧后传送到监视器进行显示,实现H.264解码器输出的视频播放。测试结果表明,视频显示播放可以达到实时要求,完成了一个基于低功耗DSP的实时H.264解码器系统,为移动和无线视频的接收终端的实现打下良好的基础。     

Viterbi解码器RTL级设计优化

当今芯片产业竞争激烈,速度低、面积大、功耗高的产品难以在市场中占有一席之地。Viterbi解码器作为一种基于最大后验概率的最优化卷积码解码器,被广泛应用于多种数字通信系统中,却由于其较高算法复杂程度,给芯片设计带来了挑战。针对芯片的速度、面积和功耗,通过对Viterbi解码器RTL级设计的若干优化方法进行研究和讨论,实现了一个应用于DVB-S系统的面积约为2万门的Viterbi解码器。     

AVS插值预测的一种高速自适应硬件结构设计

针对AVS解码器中插值预测计算复杂度大的问题,提出了亮度、色度插值计算的一种高速和自适应流水线的硬件结构.根据亮度插值算法的对称性提出一种转置滤波器组的结构,减少了亮度插值计算过程中滤波器的数量和缓存的大小,同时,提取出色度插值中复用的计算单元,节省了的硬件资源的使用.在SMIC 0.18μm工艺库下综合,最高时钟频率为200MHz,占逻辑门数约为82k,在参考帧为2时预测一个宏块最多只需要512个时钟周期.仿真与综合的结果表明,该硬件结构极大的提高了处理速度,能够满足1080p@30fps的AVS-P2视频实时解码的需求.     

An architecture and compiler for scalable on-chip communication

A dramatic increase in single chip capacity has led to a revolution in on-chip integration. Design reuse and ease of implementation have became important aspects of the design process. This paper describes a new scalable single-chip communication architecture for heterogeneous resources, adaptive system-on-a-chip (aSOC) and supporting software for application mapping. This architecture exhibits hardware simplicity and optimized support for compile-time scheduled communication. To illustrate the benefits of the architecture, four high-bandwidth signal processing applications including an MPEG-2 video encoder and a Doppler radar processor have been mapped to a prototype aSOC device using our design mapping technology. Through experimentation it is shown that aSOC communication outperforms a hierarchical bus-based system-on-chip (SoC) approach by up to a factor of five. A VLSI implementation of the communication architecture indicates clock rates of 400 MHz in 0.18-/spl mu/m technology for sustained on-chip communication. In comparison to previously-published results for an MPEG-2 decoder, our on-chip interconnect shows a runtime improvement of over a factor of four.     

Application Specific Processor Design for H.264 Decoder with a Configurable Embedded Processor

An application specific processor for an H.264 decoder with a configurable embedded processor is designed in this research. The motion compensation, inverse integer transform, inverse quantization, and entropy decoding algorithm of H.264 decoder software are optimized. We improved the performance of the processor with instruction‐level hardware optimization, which is tailored to configurable embedded processor architecture. The optimized instructions for video processing can be used in other video compression standards such as MPEG 1, 2, and 4. A significant performance improvement is achieved with high flexibility. Experimental results show that we could achieve 300% performance for the H.264 baseline profile level 2 decoder.     

A Novel Cost-Effective and Programmable VLSI Architecture of CAVLC Decoder for H.264/AVC

This paper proposes a novel cost-effective and programmable architecture of CAVLC decoder for H.264/AVC, including decoders for Coeff_token, T1_sign, Level, Total_zeros and Run_before. To simplify the hardware architecture and provide programmability, we propose four new techniques: a new group-based VLD with efficient memory (NG–VLDEM) for Coeff_token decoder, a novel combined architecture (NCA) for level decoder, a new group-based VLD with memory access once (GMAO) for Total_zeros decoder and a new VLD architecture based on multiplexers instead of searching memory (MISM) for Run_before decoder. With the above four techniques, the proposed CAVLC decoder can decode every syntax element within one clock cycle. Synthesis result shows that the hardware cost is 3,310 gates with 0.18 μm CMOS technology at a clock constrain of 125 MHz. Therefore, the proposed design is satisfied for real-time applications, such as H.264/AVC HD1080i video decoding.

基于ARM ESL的AVS亮度插值的软硬件协同的研究

提出一种基于ARM ESL平台的软硬件协同的设计方法,并进行了整个AVS解码系统的设计和仿真验证.在具体的软硬件划分中,通过采用硬件加速AVS亮度插值模块,合并了二分与四分之一亮度插值的软件算法, 并用DMA控制器改进插值的硬件结构,从而改善了系统的整体性能.实验中比较十帧720x576的AVS解码图像在原始纯软件环境,同软硬件协同系统的仿真结果.仿真结果说明新的AVS解码系统的体系结构提高了AVS解码系统的整体性能,为AVS系统的软硬件协同设计提供了有益的参照.     

基于CUDA的多路高清视频流解码器设计与实现

针对多视频流解码和显示时CPU占用率过高等问题。设计了基于统一计算设备架构(CUDA)平台上的GPU多视频流并行化处理方案,定义了表示GPU显卡设备和解码器的数据结构,通过解码函数接口的调用可适用于多种视频播放器中去。实验结果表明,所设计的解码器大幅降低了多视频解码显示中CPU的占用率,同时与JM实现的软件解码方案相比,解码单路720 p的高清视频CPU占用率同比降低约30%,所以此硬件解码方案表现出更加高效的多视频流解码处理能力。提高了系统性能和资源复用率,并能保持较低的能量消耗。     

基于OpenRISC1200的H.264视频解码器片上系统设计

新一代的压缩标准H.264以其高压缩率与高图像质量而备受青睐,将H.264集成于SoC(片上系统Sys-tern on chip)已成为必然的发展趋势.基于开源免费的32位OpenRISC1200 CPU,设计了H.264解码器SoC系统,系统以OpenRISC1200为核心控制模块,其他所有外围模块包括H.264解码...     

Pipelined Scheduling of Functional HW/SW Modules for Platform‐Based SoC Design

We developed a pipelined scheduling technique of functional hardware and software modules for platform‐based system‐on‐a‐chip (SoC) designs. It is based on a modified list scheduling algorithm. We used the pipelined scheduling technique for a performance analysis of an MPEG4 video encoder application. Then, we applied it for architecture exploration to achieve a better performance. In our experiments, the modified SoC platform with 6 pipelines for the 32‐bit dual layer architecture shows a 118% improvement in performance compared to the given basic SoC platform with 4 pipelines for the 16‐bit single‐layer architecture.     

一种新型多媒体SoC验证平台原理及其实现

提出了一种基于ADSP-BF537的新型多媒体SoC验证平台,以满足多媒体SoC音视频编解码功能模块的实时验证。介绍了整个平台的基本组成,以及BF537与SoC接口的软硬件设计;最后,以验证用于SoC的MP3硬件解码器模块为例,讨论了如何利用BF537,在多媒体SoC的FPGA原型内进行软硬件协同验证。该验证方案已经成功应用在深圳艾科创新微电子有限公司的一款多媒体SoC设计流程中。     

基于TI达芬奇技术的KVM over IP设计

KVMoverIP是通过IP网络传输键盘Keyboard、显示器Video、鼠标Mouse信号的简称,系统由接入侧的控制器和远程的客户端构成。目前,控制器的技术实现主要依赖于专用芯片÷以TI的达芬奇技术为基础,结合视频解码芯片,研究了一种通用的、低成本的KVMoverIP控制器的软硬件设计。     

AVS解码器基于SystemC的实现

介绍了AVS视频编解码标准的关键技术和新一代硬件设计语言SystemC的特点以及利用SystemC进行软硬件协同设计的方法，并在此基础上介绍了AVS视频解码器基于SystemC的设计和实现。