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7680x4320@48fps Motion Estimation Processor Chip

SMIC 40nm CMOS, 2.458M logic gates/ 552kB on-chip memory
64b + 32b DDR3 DRAM interface
622mW @ 210MHz(core)/420MHz(DDR3) for max. perf.

Max. -211-to-211 search range, P & B frames supported
16x16, 16x8, 8x16 and 8x8 integer motion estimation
H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC compatible fractional motion estimation

J. Zhou, D.Zhou, et al., Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2013 [paper] 

D.Zhou, J.Zhou, et al., IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2014. [paper]

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7680x4320@60fps H.264/AVC HP/MVC Decoder Chip

SMIC 65nm CMOS, 4x4mm2, 1.2V core, 176-pin LQFP

1338K logic gates/ 79.9kB on-chip memory
410mW @340MHz(core)/400MHz(DRAM), 7680x4320@60fps
64b DDR2 external memory

D.Zhou, J.Zhou, et al., International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2012 [paper]

J.Zhou, D.Zhou, et al., IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI), 2015. [paper]

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4096x2160@60fps H.264/AVC Video Decoder Chip

 

SMIC 90nm CMOS, 4x4mm2, 1.0V core, 176-pin LQFP

 

662K logic gates/ 59.6kB on-chip memory

 

189mW @175MHz, 4096x2160@60fps64b LPDDR external memory

 

D.Zhou, J.Zhou, et al., Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2010 [paper]

D.Zhou, J.Zhou, et al., IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2011 [paper]

 

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