A new hardware implementation of the H.264 8×8 transform and quantization

H.264/AVC is the most powerful technology in video compression/transmission area because of its high coding efficiency and robustness. In this paper, we propose a new hardware architecture of 8x8 integer transform and quantization for H.264 which promises very low resource utilization. In the architecture, each pixel is processed one by one on a simplified pipeline without multiplication. Thus, redundant modules, which are used for block-based or row-based parallel processing, can be reduced. Experimental results show that it can reduce resource usage 30% compared to previously proposed models. It can be used for mobile applications. It covers a wide range of parameters as well.