SW implementation of video coding using open virtual platform

International audienceThis paper demonstrates a new HardWare/SoftWare (HW/SW) verification method which simulates an entire embedded system. Our goal is to simulate the behavior of the HW/SW and verify that they are functioning correctly together. For that, we used an open virtual platform (OVP) made by Imperas Company, which allows programming, verifying and running application on the platform. We propose several implementations of the 16×16 intra prediction chain for the H264/AVC (Advanced Video Codec) encoder on MIPS32, ARM and PowerPC (PPC) processors. The results of the various implementations will be subject to discussio