A 1.94mm2, 38.17mW dual VP8/H.264 Full-HD encoder/decoder LSI for Social Network Services (SNS) over smart-phones

A first dual-standard video encoder and decoder LSI providing VP8 (i.e. video format of WebM project for use of web's video) or H.264/AVC video recording and playback simultaneously is implemented with 28nm CMOS and occupies 1.94mm
²
of core area. Several area-efficient techniques are realized, leading to 43.6% of area reduction. A new rate control is designed to facilitate the adaptation of video data and frame rates for network services. Two fast algorithms and new bool encoder/decoder are proposed to enhance power efficiency. This chip consumes 28.15mW and 10.02mW of VP8 encoder and decoder average power for 1080p@30fps at 0.9V, respectively.