Amphion Semiconductor, a video codec silicon IP provider, has announced the release of the latest version of its Malone video decoder IP core. Architectural optimisations have enabled the company to realise further reductions in the size of the core area while maintaining the performance necessary to support the latest resolution and frame rate demands.
In addition to supporting all legacy formats, the CS8141 version of the Malone video decoder supports HEVC and VP9 formats in a single core. VP9 is supported for Profile 0 and Profile 2 at Level 5.1, giving up to 12-bit colour depth and covering resolutions and frame rates up to 2160p60. Furthermore, for applications that require it, the core can be configured for frame rates of up to 120fps and resolutions of up to 8K.
The Malone family of video decode cores have been licensed by a number of semiconductor and SoC companies. Due to the modular nature of the Malone architecture, customers can select which formats they need to support and at what resolution and frame rate, and Amphion will configure a solution which is minimal in both silicon area and power consumption for their application
