H.264 Video Processing LSIs

Fujitsu's strengths in imaging and video processing can be seen in our market successes in working intimately with our customers to provide solutions for digital video cameras, set-top-boxes(STB), digital video recorders(DVR), digital TV etc.

Fujitsu will continue to be an industry leader of H.264 processing technology, and will provide customers with video processing LSIs for high-performance digital equipment.

MB86H60
Multi Standard Decoder for Set-Top-Boxes

Fujitsu MB86H60 is a highly integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) and complies with the DVB standard currently used in various regions, mainly Europe. The LSI decodes full HD video compressed in either MPEG-2 or H.264 and integrates on a single chip the necessary processing functions for a HD broadcast receiver, including processing of digital video, audio, and graphics. This makes the multi-decoder suitable for TVs, set-top boxes, and portable TV receivers. Also, as the LSI's functions can be implemented with the addition of only two 16-bit wide external memory chips, it allows set vendors to reduce their total costs when designing their TVs and set-top-boxes.

Following HD broadcasting in Japan and the US, for the ramp up of HD broadcasting in Europe, Fujitsu built on its expertise and experience of SmartMPEG series along with H.264 decoder technology, to offer this multi-decoder, MB86H60, capable of supporting both MPEG-2 and H.264 video compression formats on a single chip.

MB86H52
MPEG-2 HL to H.264 HD Transcoder LSI

Fujitsu's transcoder chip can compress full HD (1,920 dots x 1,080 lines) MPEG-2 video data to H.264 data. The chip, MB86H52, is a transcoder that can compress MPEG-2 video to less than half the data size.

This transcoder product compresses the video data size while maintaining high video quality so it can be used in recording equipment like hard disk recorders etc., where recording time can be lengthened by 2 to 5 times. With the expected spread of home network appliances, this product allows transmission of full HD video over narrow bandwidths. Also there are many opportunities to embed this LSI in equipment where the video data size needs to be reduced.

Digital terrestrial broadcasts and digital satellite broadcasts, are compressed into the MPEG-2 format and then broadcast. The MPEG-2 format provides high-resolution video, however a problem is that if you wish to record the video as it is, to storage media like a hard disk etc., the data size is very large, so the recording time is limited.

In focusing on such issues, Fujitsu developed this MB86H52 transcoder LSI that converts MPEG-2 format video data to the H.264 format which has higher compression. The transcoder functionality is based on the video processing technology of the presently shipping full HD H.264 CODEC (Encode / Decode) LSI product, MB86H51. Utilizing proprietary high quality video technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories, the quality of the inputted MPEG-2 video data is maintained when transcoding to H.264 format video data.

MB86H51
Full High-Definition (HD) H.264 CODEC LSI

Fujitsu's MB86H51 LSI product can compress and decompress full High-Definition (HD) video (1,920 dots x 1,080 lines) in the H.264 format in real-time. This is the industry's first full HD H.264 High Profile Level 4.0 video processing LSI with memory in one package. This LSI can be used for video processing in products covering a wide range of fields from consumer applications, such as digital video cameras, hard disk digital video recorders (DVRs), & home network appliances, to industrial applications, such as security cameras, and broadcasting equipment.

Proprietary video compression algorithms from Fujitsu Laboratories realize a reduction in the processing burden while producing superior image quality. Meanwhile, Fujitsu's system memory technologies enable a compact system with low power consumption.