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TICO compression

The new lightweight and disruptive video compression technology, Extremely tiny in ASIC & FPGA , Fast & Powerful in CPU

TICO compression is patent-pending visually lossless light-weight compression specifically designed for the industry. This revolutionary technology is extremely tiny in hardware (FPGA, ASIC) , fast and powerful in software (CPU), robust for real-time operation with no latency.

Up to now, image and video are sent or stored uncompressed into many displays and systems such as cameras videos servers or recorders. TICO is a smart upgrade path to manage higher resolutions (4K, 8K…) and frame rates  while assuring visual quality, keeping power and bandwidth at a reasonable budget and reducing significantly the complexity and cost of the system.

TICO compression key features Visually Lossless up to 4:1. Persistent and Robust: Indistinguishable image loss over multiple generations Latency: Few Microseconds – very few line of pixels ( selectable from 1 to x) Small complexity and ultra-compact codec: easy to implement in low-cost FPGA or ASIC. It uses little internal memory and no external memory. Powerful , Real-time or faster than real-time in CPU Compatible with different resolutions, from mobile to 4K/8K UHDTV, via multiple usual transport schemes. Designed to be a standard for the industry-wide support: TICO compression technology is available on multiple software and hardware technologies. Code, hardware IP-cores and software libraries are licensable from intoPIX.

TICO light-weight compression is a smart solution to :

• Support higher Data stream (HD, 4K, 8K …) in existing systems or networks using the available pipeline bandwidth.

• Increase the number of streams or the stream resolution that could be supported in a multi-stream configuration

• Reduce significantly the internal video bandwidth (and power consumption) in systems such as mobile devices, cameras, video servers and displays.

• Increase with cost-effectiveness the storage or video buffer or frame buffer capacity.

• Solve display link limitation on TV, monitor and mobile panel to carry larger resolutions than could be support by a display link with uncompressed images and video in real time.

• Reduce the number of lanes in a display interface needed to transport a display stream in order to save power, cost, or both. Or even enable the use of a lower link rate for applications where high link rates may not be possible

Typical applications from HD to 4K/8K Ultra HD:

• Digital Video Recorders
• Video Servers, mixers , routers and switchers
• Cameras (high-res, real-time or high speed)
• Video monitor and displays
• Frame grabbers and video capture devices
• Industrial  and surveillance
• Cable extenders
•  (…)

 

Implementation

• Altera FPGA IP-cores
• Xilinx FPGA IP-cores
• ASIC IP-cores
• Software Codec SDK 

Evaluation

Contact intoPIX to access to the TICO evaluation software version

Join the TICO Alliance and move to UHD4K over 3G-SDI & 10G IP networks 

www.tico-alliance.org

The growing consortium is a coalition of companies united to set the bar for next generation UHD/4K infrastructure by establishing TICO compression in the new IP-based Live ecosystem. The group will enable the industry to seamless update the existing SDI-based workflows to UHD/4K without the cost of a complete renewal.

Use Cases:

Vidtrans 2014 presentation : Mapping SDI with a Light-Weight Compression for High Frame Rates and Ultra-HD 4K Transport over SMPTE 2022-5/6

 

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