Himax Technologies, Inc.

Himax Media Solutions, Inc.

Kuei-Lan Lin

Chan-Shih Lin

Shu-Hsien Chou

A multi-format video decoder includes a bitstream buffer, a system controller, a bitstream decoding unit, an intra mode decoding unit and a shared prediction module. The system controller selectively generates a first control signal or a second control signal according to a video bitstream. The bitstream decoding unit generates a decoding information signal according to the video bitstream when receiving the first control signal. The intra mode decoding unit generates an intra mode signal when receiving the second control signal. The shared prediction module performs an AC/DC prediction upon a current block of the video bitstream to generate a current first prediction result according to the decoding information signal and performs an intra prediction upon the current block to generate a current second prediction result according to the intra mode signal. The shared prediction module includes shared components being utilized in the AC/DC prediction and the intra prediction.

Multi-format video decoder and related decoding method

A video decoder capable of generating a check data in response to a data selection code for debugging is disclosed. The video decoder includes a plurality of functional blocks, wherein each said plurality of functional blocks has a output signal to be used as an input signal for a next stage functional block; a multiplexer () that receives a plurality of data extracted from said plurality of output signals from said plurality of functional blocks, and outputs one of said plurality of data according to said data selection code; and a check logic () that generates said check data by calculating one of said plurality of data outputted from said multiplexer.

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Kuei-Lan Lin