We have created high-performance architectures for motion estimation and arithmetic coding. For example, the LiquidMotion LMx1 processor is a reconfigurable ASIP (Application Specific Instruction Set Processor) designed to execute user-defined block-matching motion estimation algorithms optimized for hybrid video codecs such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 AVC and Microsoft VC-1. The core offers scalable performance dependent on the features of the chosen algorithm and the number and type of execution units implemented. The ability to program the search algorithm to be used, and to reconfigure the underlying hardware that it will execute on, combines to give an extremely flexible motion estimation processing platform.

Learn about high-performance motion estimation hardware

J. L. Nunez-Yanez, A. Nabina, E. Hung and G. Vafiadis, '"Cogeneration of Fast Motion Estimation Processors and Algorithms for Advanced Video Coding," in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 437-448, March 2012, doi: 10.1109/TVLSI.2010.2104166.
T. Spiteri, G. Vafiadis and J. L. Nunez-Yanez, "A toolset for the analysis and optimization of motion estimation algorithms and processors," 2009 International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications, 2009, pp. 423-428, doi: 10.1109/FPL.2009.5272247.

Learn about arithmetic coding and wavelet transform hardware

J. L. Nunez-Yanez, V. A. Chouliaras, D. Alfonso and F. S. Rovati,, 'Hardware assisted rate distortion optimization with embedded CABAC accelerator for the H.264 advanced video codec', in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 590-597, May 2006
J. L. Nunez and V. A. Chouliaras, High-performance arithmetic coding VLSI macro for the H264 video compression standard," in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 144-151, Feb. 2005, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2005.1405712.
Jose Nunez-Yanez.Computing to the Limit with Heterogeneous CPU-FPGA Devices in a Video Fusion Application In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing - Volume 9625, 2016
Sun,Peng & Achim, Alin & Hasler, Ian & Hill, Paul & Nunez-Yanez, Jose. (2016)Energy Efficient Video Fusion with Heterogeneous CPU-FPGA Devices, DATE,1399-1404,2016

Checkout the open-source hardware and demos

LMx1 motion estimation processor VHDL
The Zcodec Arithmetic encoder/decoder
Video fusion demo