A 530Mpixels/s 4096×2160@60fps H.264/AVC high profile video decoder chip

An H.264/AVC HP video decoder is implemented in 90nm CMOS. Its maximum throughput reaches 4096×2160@60fps, which is at least 4.3× higher than the state-of-the-art. By using partial MB reordering and lossless frame recompression, 51% of DRAM bandwidth is reduced which results in 58% DRAM power saving. Meanwhile, various efficient parallelization techniques contribute to a core energy saving of 54%.