SmartDV’s H.265 Decoder IP is a fully featured High Efficiency Video Coding decoder solution purpose-built for SoC designs requiring reliable, standards-compliant video decoding across consumer electronics, broadcast, security, and embedded video applications. Fully compliant with ITU-T H.265 | ISO/IEC 23008-2, it delivers complete H.265/HEVC decoder functionality supporting video resolutions up to 7680×4320 (8K UHD), matching the High Tier profile Level 5.1 ceiling achieved by leading commercial HEVC hardware decoder implementations.
Designed to handle the full breadth of HEVC decoder requirements, the IP supports adaptive deblocking and sample adaptive offset (SAO) filters, CABAC entropy decoding, both inter-prediction and intra-prediction methods, and 32×32, 16×16, 8×8, and 4×4 integer DCT transforms. Its Main and Main 10 profile support, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling, and compatibility with both Variable Bitrate (VBR) and Constant Bitrate (CBR) encoded streams give consumer electronics, broadcast, and embedded SoC teams a production-tested, spec-complete H.265/HEVC decoder implementation delivering approximately 50% better compression efficiency than H.264 at equivalent visual quality, with 4K UHD decoding at up to 60 fps and 8K UHD decoding at reduced frame rates consistent with High Tier profile constraints.
Built for design flexibility and silicon efficiency, the IP core is highly configurable for both ASIC and FPGA implementations, with a strong focus on area optimization, power management, and peak performance. Its parameterized architecture and clean host interface enable fast integration across a wide range of process nodes and target applications.
