HEVC IC offers real time 4K encoding on a single chip

This format is being adopted rapidly worldwide, as 4K video is becoming more and more popular. Real-time encoding of 4K video used to require parallel processing using multiple CPUs. The device can perform real-time encoding on a single chip, enabling a dramatic reduction in size and power consumption, with only 5% of the volume and 2% of the power use of a multiprocessor system. Mainly targeted at high-end equipment for professional use, and offered in a 35mm² FCBGA-1764 package, Socionext plans to start volume production of the MB86M31 in August 2015.

Socionext was established through the consolidation of the system LSI businesses of Fujitsu and Panasonic. The company's video encoder business has a record of development and delivery of encoder products for MPEG-2 and H.264, since the unit was with Fujitsu. The MB86M31 incorporates the HEVC encoder core co-developed with Fujitsu and achieves high data compression while maintaining image quality. It enables the transmission of 4K high quality, HD video through live broadcast or network distribution, using about half the bandwidth of conventional H.264. It is also compatible with YUV 4:2:2 10bit encoding, which is essential for professional use.

Socionext also offers 4K HEVC real-time decoder SoC solutions as well as encoders, and supports total video solutions for a wide range of applications such as broadcasting, medicals, surveillance, digital signage and others.