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VLSI Design
Volume 2012, Article ID 748019, 20 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/748019
Research Article

Low-Complexity Hierarchical Mode Decision Algorithms Targeting VLSI Architecture Design for the H.264/AVC Video Encoder

Guilherme Corrêa,1 Daniel Palomino,2 Cláudio Diniz,1 Sergio Bampi,1 and Luciano Agostini2

1Microelectronics Group (GME), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15064, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2Group of Architectures and Integrated Circuits (GACI), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Campus Universitário s/n, P.O. Box 354, 96010-900 Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Received 18 December 2011; Accepted 1 March 2012

Academic Editor: Maurizio Martina

Copyright © 2012 Guilherme Corrêa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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