19 September 2008

On2 Takes Wraps Off High Definition Hardware Encoder IP

On2 Technologies, a member of the ARM Connected Community,  has taken the wraps off  its Hantro 7280 encoder Register Transfer Level (RTL) design.

Supporting MPEG-4, H.263 and H.264 video, along with 16MP JPEG, the encoder is targeted at chipsets intended for devices with very low-power requirements such as portable video cameras, mobile phones, remote security cameras, laptops and webcams. With a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 at 30 fps, the Hantro 7280 pulls in another level of performance and functionality, the company said.

Easily encoding full 720p H.264 at 30 fps in only 180 MHz clock frequency, the 7280 brings ultra-high performance to 65 nm and 90 nm low-power chipsets, the company explained. Placing a CPU load of less than 1MHz, the Hantro 7280 allows even an entry level ARM9-based chipset to encode real-time HD H.264 video with plenty of headroom to spare, according to On2 Technologies.

The 7280 encoder includes proprietary image stabilization technology which reduces the effects of camera shake prior to encoding resulting in higher quality video with better compression, On2 Technologies added.

Hantro 7280 is available now for licensing. It comes complete with RTL source code for VHDL or Verilog, an RTL test bench and test data, ANSI C driver source code and complete technical documentation. The Hantro 7280 is optimized for rapid integration with ARM and other embedded CPU and DSP cores.