Since 2003, the company has developed video technology. Its video
semiconductor intellectual property cores (IP cores) cover
video coding formats such as
MPEG-2,
MPEG-4,
H.263,
H.264/AVC,
VC-1,
RealVideo,
AVS,
MVC,
VP8,
AVS, AVS2,
HEVC(H.265) and
VP9. Their technologies are used by licensees including
Freescale,
VIA,
Realtek and
Novatek Innofidei, and
Telechips. The company announced an image processing products in 2016 and 2017, and reportedly signed first license deal in March 2018. In 2018, Chips&Media added object detection IP to its product line up.
WAVE WAVE is multi-standard encoder and decoder system specifically designed for
ultra-high-definition(4K) resolution up to 60 frame per second. WAVE codec (encoder & decoder) supports HEVC(H.265) and H.264/AVC, while decodes formats including
HEVC(H.265),
H.264/AVC,
VP9,
AV1 and AV2.
CODA CODA video cores are multi-standard video engines that encode and decode, with support for simultaneous multiple channel or format, suited to mobile handsets, digital camcorders, home multimedia devices, video conferencing, and video surveillance. CODA supports
2K resolution at up to 60 frames per second. The main distinguishing points compared to WAVE is CODA's inability to encode and decode
HEVC(H.265) and its
2K vs
4K.
BODA BODA video cores decode formats that include
H.264/AVC,
VC-1,
MVC,
VP8,
H.263,
MPEG-4,
MPEG-2,
RealVideo, and
AVS with support in resolutions from D1 through to Full HD (1080p). Among them is the first fully hardware decoder for VP8 that can decode
Full HD resolution VP8 streams at 60 frames per second.
Carpo/Leda/Metis CARPO, LEDA, and METIS are image signal processing(ISP) tools that provide configurable ISP pipelines that support resolutions up to 2MP, 5MP, and above 5MP respectively. These are basic ISP pipelines that can be complemented by NIX, HYDRA, or KERBEROS.
NIX NIX is a multi-exposure
HDR (wide dynamic range) design. NIX supports the fusion of two exposures with a line-interleaved method.
HYDRA HYDRA is a three dimensional noise reduction (3DNR) system that removes image noises by using multiple image frames. It uses a motion adaptive method.
KERBEROS KERBEROS is a lens distortion correction method that corrects or flattens images distorted by wide-angled lenses.
c.WAVE100 c.WAVE100 is computer vision IP, detecting objects (e.g. car, person, cyclist) with a capability to process 4K resolution at 30fps video input in real-time. The IP implements Convolution Neural Network (CNN) algorithm for object detection and is differentiated by introducing fully hardwired and dedicated architecture to significantly reduce memory bandwidth requirements. These characteristics make the fixed function IP suitable for computing intensive edge devices in automotive and surveillance applications. ==References==