I would like to think that integrating reconfigurable logic into chips will help. But, no idea if the economics makes sense. And, the ecosystem around managing that pretty much does not exist.
ASIC are very space/energy efficient compared to fpga.
The choice a chip maker has is to include popular legacy/free codecs like mp3, or pay some IP holder that won't even pick up a phone unless there is over $3m on the table. h264 was easy by comparison, but hardly ideal. NVIDIA was a miracle when you consider what they likely had to endure. =)
Joel_Mckay|2 years ago
The choice a chip maker has is to include popular legacy/free codecs like mp3, or pay some IP holder that won't even pick up a phone unless there is over $3m on the table. h264 was easy by comparison, but hardly ideal. NVIDIA was a miracle when you consider what they likely had to endure. =)