1. DSI Division of Integrated Systems Design Proven experience in: Applications: Integrated Systems for Multimedia Processing Goals Our group of engineers has gained years of experience in mapping these solutions into successful low power VLSI products, with special emphasis on very low bit rate speech and video coding applications. The goal of this research and development area is to investigate a wide range of possibilities in the implementation of powerful IP modules for the next generation of mobile multimedia terminals, in order to combine them into jointly optimized wireless multimedia systems. The research encompasses the development of novel and outstanding algorithms which permit maximizing the performance of commercial multimedia systems in terms of quality, bit-rate reduction and error protection. Robust Video Compression Motion estimation algorithms and architectures  Flexible multi-standard architecture up to H.264  Novel low-cost image adaptive algorithms with unsurpassed levels of quality  Rate-distortion optimization strategies  Low power/area reduced pipelined systolic array architecture There are two main constraints found in video communications, specially in the case of wireless applications: reduced bandwith and high bit error rates. This research program is devoted to overcome both drawbacks by developing: Error protection strategies  Motion compensated error-concealment techniques at the decoder  Motion vectors recovery algorithms  Channel coding by using turbo codes Image, video and speech coding standards: JPEG JPEG2000 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 H.263, H. 263+, H. 263++ H.264 G.726 G.729 Transform coding: ZTE FFT/IFFT DCT/IDCT DWT/IDWT Motion estimation Error protection: Turbo codes Error resilience & concealment Mathematical morphology Mobile multimedia HDTV Video-conferencing Medical imaging Tele-working Virtual reality Biometric ID CORDIC processor for FFT New trends in personal computing are mainly focused on multimedia access and communication. Moreover, there is a great interest for portability in applications such as CMOS cameras, 3G mobile phones (UMTS) and personal digital assistants where the low-cost and low-power constraints are mandatory. For the particular case of mobile multimedia communications, it is expected to achieve an unprecedented growth and worldwide success in the next couple of years, with a potential market composed by millions of users around the world. Due to its mobile nature, good visual and hearing quality as well as reduced area/power dissipation are key factors for commercial products.

2. DSI Division of Integrated Systems Design Integrated Systems for Multimedia Processing Low Power Circuits for Mobile Multimedia Low Power ADPCM Encoder/Decoder IP  0.25  m CMOS technology  40 kbps based on ITU G.726 recommendation  225  W @ 128 kHz and 1.7x1.7 mm 2  Excellent levels of quality FFT CORDIC Processor  1024-points FFT of 16-bits complex data DCT Processor  Embedded distributed arithmetic 2D-DWT Processor  Up to CCIR format at 25 fps Morphological Processor  Real time 512x512 pixels video image processing About DSI The Division of Integrated Systems Design is composed of experienced researchers who are developing commercial products and doing outstanding private and public research in the field of microelectronics since late 80s. The strength of the team is based on its know-how, cutting-edge resources and a set of services which permit to fulfill your company requirements, increasing its competitiveness and international position in new challenging markets. High Performance IP Modules Arithmetic CoDec for Data Compression  0.25  m CMOS technology  Optimized for encoding/decoding ZTE and DWT symbols and coefficients  2.5 M transistors within 25 mm 2  300 mW @ 10 MHz Image Processing Array  Smart pixels technology SQCIF (128x96) array  Three video coding operations in parallel  1.16 W @ 128 kHz (processing) and 7 MHz (load/unload image) For more information on DSI’s Integrated Systems for Multimedia Processing, please contact: dsi@iuma.ulpgc.es © 2004 Division of Integrated Systems Design IUMA Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Campus Universitario de Tafira Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SPAIN Tel: +34 928451232 (direct) +34 928451250 (reception desk) Fax: +34 928451243 URL: www.iuma.ulpgc.es