The MVP: a highly-integrated video compression chip

The author introduces a new highly-integrated processing chip for performing a variety of functions, however this chip is particularly well suited for video compression algorithms. Applications include multimedia PCs, virtual reality 3D graphics, full-duplex videoconferencing, HDTV, and color hardcopy. He has architected the multimedia video processor, or MVP, to provide a yet unattainable level of performance from a single chip, although with the programmability typically found in today´s general-purpose computers. While advanced semiconductor design and process techniques have been used for its design, the key to the advantage of this component lies in optimization of the architecture for real-time video and graphics processing. He analyses video compression application requirements, describe the MVP architecture, and poses its potential as a very capable solution for a wide range of markets