An Efficient Multi-Core SIMD Implementation for H.264/AVC Encoder

Table 1

Encoder data flow.

Module	Input	Output	Input from local buffers
MV prediction	MV A	MV pred	MV B, C, D
Motion estimation	Search window, original MB, MV predictor	MV, cost, best intermode, MB predictor
Intraprediction	Original MB, reconstructed MB A	Cost, best intramode, MB predictor	Reconstructed MB B, C, D
Residual coding	Original MB, MB predictor	Residual signal, coded MB parameters
IDCT-DeQuant and reconstruction	Residual signal	Reconstructed MB
Deblocking filter	Reconstructed MB A	Decoded MB	Reconstructed MB B
Entropy coding	Coded MB parameters	Output stream