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H.264 on Spartan3A DSP

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Guru

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Dec 21, 2009, 4:25:30 PM12/21/09
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Hi all,

I am building a new megapixel camera based on Spartan3A DSP 3400. For
one of the applications I would need H.264 core with a performance of
minimal 66Mpix/s. I prefer EDK HW core since the camera "brain" is
composed there.
Does anyone has anything to recommend?

Best regards,

Ales

austin

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Dec 21, 2009, 4:44:07 PM12/21/09
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Ales,

http://xgoogle.xilinx.com/search?output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=iplocator&proxystylesheet=iplocator&site=IPLocator&filter=0&_ResultsView=Standard&num=25&q=h.264&as_q=&getfields=*&newSearch=http://www.xilinx.com/ipcenter/&formAction=http://www.xilinx.com/cgi-bin/search/iplocator.pl&IPCategory=&IPSubcategory=&sGlobalNavPick=PRODUCTS&sSecondaryNavPick=Intellectual%20Property&requiredfields=ProductType.-Region&partialfields=%28ProductType:Core%29&searchbox=

(a bit too long) try:

http://tinyurl.com/yeewsxp

All of the H.264 IP cores offered for sale.

Austin

Antti

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Dec 21, 2009, 4:53:02 PM12/21/09
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On Dec 21, 11:44 pm, austin <aus...@xilinx.com> wrote:
> Ales,
>
> http://xgoogle.xilinx.com/search?output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&...

>
> (a bit too long) try:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yeewsxp
>
> All of the H.264 IP cores offered for sale.
>
> Austin

I think the OP was not going to buy anything.. but maybe i am wrong

Antti

Antti

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Dec 21, 2009, 5:07:57 PM12/21/09
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maybe i was wrong, but the SALES info is usually easy to find, so i
was
wondering why there is a need to make such inquiry

Antti

austin

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Dec 21, 2009, 6:03:21 PM12/21/09
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Antti,

If he is looking for something for free, then that is fine. I do not
have free IP for H.264.

I wish him good luck.

Austin

Frank Buss

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Dec 22, 2009, 12:49:12 AM12/22/09
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austin wrote:

A "Guru" with a gmail account could implement the 670 pages standard (
http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264-200903-I/en ) in zero time.

--
Frank Buss, f...@frank-buss.de
http://www.frank-buss.de, http://www.it4-systems.de

Nico Coesel

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Dec 22, 2009, 5:45:37 AM12/22/09
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Guru <ales....@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been down that route. FPGA is the wrong choice for such a
project! A SoC with an H.264 accellerator or DSP is the cheapest,
easiest and least power hungry solution. For example: a Freescale
IMX27 costs less than the FPGA.

--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
"If it doesn't fit, use a bigger hammer!"
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Nicholas Kinar

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Dec 23, 2009, 10:39:34 AM12/23/09
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Perhaps the following FOSS project from SourceForge would be of interest?

http://hardh264.sourceforge.net/
http://www.drtonygeorge.com/Video/h264/h264_rtl.htm

Apparently the hardh264 core is written in VHDL. You will have to
evaluate this IP to see if it suits your application with respect to
performance. Sometimes purchasing IP is necessary for an application,
but perhaps this IP may be more than good enough for your own project.
As alawys, be sure to check the licensing of all IP that you either
download or purchase.

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