A 95 mW MPEG2 MP@HL Motion Estimation Processor Core for Portable High-Resolution Video Application

Yuichiro MURACHI
Koji HAMANO
Tetsuro MATSUNO
Junichi MIYAKOSHI
Masayuki MIYAMA
Masahiko YOSHIMOTO

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E88-A    No.12    pp.3492-3499
Publication Date: 2005/12/01
Online ISSN: 
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e88-a.12.3492
Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms)
Category: VLSI Architecture
Keyword: 
low power,  motion estimation,  MPEG2,  HDTV,  IP,  

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Summary: 
This paper describes a 95 mW MPEG2 MP@HL motion estimation processor core for portable and high-resolution video applications such as that in an HD camcorder. It features a novel hierarchical algorithm and a low-power ring-connected systolic array architecture. It supports frame/field and bi-directional prediction with half-pel precision for 19201080@30 fps resolution video. The search range is 12864 pixels. The ME core integrates 2.25 M transistors in 3.1 mm3.1 mm using 0.18-micron technology.

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