Based on UHD set-top box SoC video decoding performance IC vendors are ready to go

The set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates the H.265 (HEVC) codec will be out of the cage. The market demand for ultra-high-resolution (UHD) set-top boxes is set to explode in 2014. Broadcom, STMicroelectronics and other chip manufacturers have planned to launch a set-top box SoC solution that integrates HEVC decoders in the second half of this year. Improve the H.265 decoding ability to take the lead in the UHD STB market.

Chen Xicheng, technical marketing manager of STMicroelectronics, said that focusing on UHD set-top box SoC video decoding performance is the key to winning the market. The company's integrated HEVC codec SoC solution for UHD set-top boxes will highlight the advantages of video decoding.

Chen Xicheng, technical marketing manager of STMicroelectronics, expects that more UHD multimedia content will be launched in 2015, which is expected to drive the UHD TV market to expand; therefore, it is estimated that the demand for STBs supporting UHD in 2014 will sprout first.

Chen Xicheng further pointed out that with the advent of the UHD video era, LED TV backlight and set-top box brand manufacturers will build a new generation of video codec standard in their product line-H.265 codec demand will It is even more eager to become the biggest driver of accelerating the growth of the HEVC codec market. In view of this, STMicroelectronics will release the UHD set-top box SoC solution integrating the HEVC codec in the second half of the year.

It is understood that compared with the traditional H.264 codec standard, H.265 has higher video codec performance, so the compressed image file size is 50% smaller than that of the image file compressed by the H.264 codec standard Suitable for UHD TV and set-top box applications.

Chen Xicheng emphasized that, unlike the traditionally integrated H.264 codec 1,080p set-top box SoC solution Orly, the company aimed at the UHD set-top box market and announced the integration of HEVC codec SoC, will build a new generation of ARM International (ARM ) The core of the central processing unit (CPU) to strengthen the video decoding performance and shorten the compression time of UHD image files.

It is reported that H.264 codec suppliers such as Maxim, Texas Instruments, Conexant, and HiSilicon are also eager to test the HEVC codec market under the impending explosion of UHD set-top box business opportunities. There will be more UHD set-top box SoC solutions that integrate HEVC codecs.