Algorithm and VLSI Architecture Design for MPEG-Like High Definition Video Coding‐AVS Video Coding from Standard Specification to VLSI Implementation

In multimedia system, there are several video coding standards such as MPEG-1/2/4 [1]-[3], H.264/AVC [4], VC-1 [5], they are the source coding technology basis for digital multimedia applications. Despite of the emerging HEVC standard [6], H.264/AVC is the most mature video coding standard [4] [9]. China Audio and Video Coding Standard (AVS) is a new standard targeted for video and audio coding [7]. Its video part (AVS-P2) had been formally accepted as the Chinese national standard in 2006 [7]. Similar with MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and H. 264/AVC, AVS-P2 adopts block-based hybrid video coding framework. AVS achieves equiv‐ alent coding performance with H.264/AVC. There are different coding tools and features in different standards. However, the crucial technologies they employed are very similar with coincident framework. These similar standards are MPEG-like video standards.