Multi-Standards H.264/AVS/MPEG2 Low Cost High Performance Full HD Video Decoder SoC (Bare-Bone-SoC) | ASTRI - Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Company Limited

Project Title:

Multi-Standards H.264/AVS/MPEG2 Low Cost High Performance Full HD Video Decoder SoC (Bare-Bone-SoC)

Project Reference:

ART/062CP

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Project Period:

20090623 - 20110922

Funds Approved (HK$’000):

18484

Project Coordinator:

Dr Shen-chang Chao

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Deliverable:

(1)Ready for production Multi-Standard Low Cost High Perfornance SoC - Fully compliant H.264/AVS/MPEG2 video decoders - Real Time Full HD - 1920X1080P - DDR2 Controller - HD 1080P display controller - TS DeMux Video Stream Processor - Audio Processor - Peripherals: I2C, I2S, Ethernet, IDE, GPIO, UART, 32-64 Bridge (2)Reference platform Video decoder H.264/AVS/MPEG2 SoC running on a PCB platform - Completely specified for low cost final STB product - RTOS and all the necessary peripheral drivers (3) Software Development Kit (SDK) and Software Drivers - Linux OS Porting - Audio Driver/firmware -OSD graphic driver/firmware -TS-Demux Driver/firmware -Video Decoder driver/firmware -Remote Controller driver/firmware -I2C driver/firmware -Android OS porting

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Description:

This project of Multi-Standards H.264/AVS/MPEG2 Low Cost High Performance Full HD Video Decoder SoC aims to design a HD video decoder SoC ASIC to take the functions of HD digital Video Signal de-compression in a video related consumer electronics End-Product application design; such as HD/SD TV Set, STB, which usually contains at least 3 parts, (1) the Radio Frequency & Base-Band Processor, or the Turner, for over-the-air signal reception, etc; (2) the HD Digital Video Signal de-compression units, or the HD Video Decoder, for retrieving the HD digital video data packets compressed within the transmitted signals; (3) the Display Device, or the HD TV Screen/ Monitor/Panel, etc. for constructing the human eyes acceptable continuous HD quality video images so as to provide the viewing pleasure of the fun experience.

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