An improved asynchronous pipeline architecture for real-time video decoder implementation

Ya Zhou; Hongyuan Wang

doi:10.1117/12.835414

30 October 2009 An improved asynchronous pipeline architecture for real-time video decoder implementation

Ya Zhou, Hongyuan Wang

Proceedings Volume 7497, MIPPR 2009: Medical Imaging, Parallel Processing of Images, and Optimization Techniques; 74970N (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835414
Event: Sixth International Symposium on Multispectral Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, 2009, Yichang, China

Abstract

Asynchronous pipeline structure is adopted for the real-time video decoder design because of its better performance when the stage processing times are irregular. However, the structure requires a lot of memories, the invaluable resource on chip, to buffer data and parameters between modules. To solve this problem, a specially designed switching buffer module is used between stages instead of traditional FIFO, and the module can also take some buffering function in each stage, which helps to reduce the utilization of memory. An H.264 decoder with the proposed structure was implemented. Compared to decoder without improved structure, the experimental decoder can save nearly 50% memory and 31% I/O operations between stages.

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Ya Zhou and Hongyuan Wang "An improved asynchronous pipeline architecture for real-time video decoder implementation", Proc. SPIE 7497, MIPPR 2009: Medical Imaging, Parallel Processing of Images, and Optimization Techniques, 74970N (30 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835414

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