mda@cam-orl.uucp (Mike Addlesee) (03/22/91)
Summary of devices for image compression ======================================== (in no particular order) Device Company Comments ------ ------- -------- CL550 C-Cube Microsystems Implements the JPEG 399-A West Trimble Road compression standard San Jose,CA 95131 U.S.A. for still images. Tel:(408)944-6300 Available now, but Fax:(408)944-6314 C-Cube are addressing some problems that have been found with the device. STI140 SGS-Thomson Another JPEG still Microelectronics Ltd picture codec. Planar House, Parkway, Samples expected Globe Park, Marlow, in August 1991. Bucks SL7 1YL, U.K. Price still to be Tel:(44-628)890800 anounced. They Fax:(44-628)890391 also do various image compression building blocks such as DCT etc. Wavelet Aware, Inc. 0.7micron CMOS gate Transform One Memorial Drive, array,30 Million Accelerator 4th Floor, 16-bit pixels/second. Cambridge,MA 02142 U.S.A. When used for image Tel:(617)577-1700 compression the Fax:(617)577-1710 results are claimed to be better than JPEG. Claimed also to use less operations than competing methods for MPEGII. ??? Advanced Micro Devices, quote "AMD is 5900 E. Ben White Blvd, actively pursuing MS561 this area". Austin, TX 78741 U.S.A. i750 Intel DVI Multimedia chips. 2 chip set Pipers Way, Pixel & display Swindon SN3 1RJ U.K. processors. Can do Tel:(44-793)696000 rudimentary compression. L64720 LSI Logic Motion estimation, L64730 1551 McCarthy Blvd DCT to CCITT standard, L64740 Milpitas CA 95035 U.S.A. DCT Quantisation L64750/51 processor, variable L64760 length coder/decoder, & inter-frame processor. Claimed compatible with JPEG & CCITT (H261) standards. VP2610 Plessey Semiconductors Designing a six chip VP2611 Cheney Manor, set aimed at ISO JPEG VP2612 Swindon, Wilts SN2 2QW & CCITT (H261). Also VP2614 U.K. a two chip set for VP2615 Tel:(44-793)36251 JPEG. VP2616 PDSP16510/50 ____________________________________________________________ Thanks to all who sent info. If any one hears of any further developments please let me know. -- Michael D. Addlesee OLIVETTI RESEARCH LTD. 24a Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QA, England. Tel: +44223 343444, Fax: +44223 313542, Tlx: 818226 Olires G
cjwein@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Chris J. Wein) (03/26/91)
In article <1991Mar22.142159.15238@cam-orl.uucp> mda@cam-orl.uucp (Mike Addlesee) writes: >Summary of devices for image compression >======================================== >(in no particular order) > >Device Company Comments >------ ------- -------- >CL550 C-Cube Microsystems Implements the JPEG > 399-A West Trimble Road compression standard > San Jose,CA 95131 U.S.A. for still images. > Tel:(408)944-6300 Available now, but > Fax:(408)944-6314 C-Cube are addressing > some problems that > have been found with > the device. Apparenly the problems with the device are what is holding back Next's new video board (called the NextDimension (?)) -- ============================================================================== Chris Wein | cjwein@watcgl.waterloo.edu Computer Graphics Lab, CS Dept. | cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca University of Waterloo | (519) 888-4548