Video and Image Processing Benchmark

Image Processing

• 2D Filter / Correlator (12 x 12 Mask)
• 1024 x 1024 x 12 bits at 60 frames/second
• 8,640 Million MACs
• 2 Channels possible in the largest Virtex device

Video Conferencing

• 5-stage, 2D Wavelet Transform for Compression
• NTSC/PAL 768 x 288 x 30 bits at 50 frames/second
• 1,688 Million MACs
• 8 Channels possible in the largest Virtex device

For image processing, two channels of a general purpose two dimensional FIR filters with a 12 by 12 mask and 12 bit resolution fit in a single FPGA device and can process 60 1024x1024 video frames per second.

Video conferencing will be make more practical by new wavelet based video compression algorithms that map efficiently into FPGAs.