Quartics’ Qvu™-enabled video processing solutions provide the most flexible and adaptable high-performance decoding capability available for PC, HDTV, set-top box and other consumer electronics applications. Utilizing an innovative, programmable architecture, Quartics’ VPUs provide the capability to decode any existing or future DCT-based codec up to 1080p HD resolution. Qvu™-enabled devices provide the capability to decode and playback virtually any video codec standard, in SD or HD format, or to decode and playback multiple video codec standards—all within the same video processor. Qvu™ video processing solutions are flexible enough to even add decode capabilities for any proprietary video codecs. In addition, Qvu™’s fully-programmable platform enables Quartics’ video processors to allow future upgrades to adapt to new video codec standards or add new decode functionality, significantly lengthening the useful life of any Qvu™-enabled device. This industry-leading design flexibility enables PC and other consumer electronics manufacturers to provide video processing solutions with seemingly unlimited video decode and playback capabilities.

In addition to providing universal SD and HD video decode and playback, Quartics’ breakthrough Qvu™ technology provides image enhancement capabilities on SD and HD video streams and upscaling to HD on standard video streams. Qvu™-enabled video processors provide the capability to, not only decode and playback virtually any video codec format, but also greatly improve, as well as upscale, video image quality during playback. With the advanced post-processing innovations of Qvu™ technology’s Super Resolution, Quartics’ VPUs dramatically enhance video quality, on SD or HD video, to deliver brighter, sharper, more-detailed images with deeper and more vivid color and increased dynamic range. Whites are whiter, contrast is deeper and colors are more vibrant. For all the details about Quartics’ state-of-the-art Super Resolution video image enhancement capabilities, please see our Super Resolution page under the Applications section.

With Qvu™-enabled video processors manufacturers can deliver PC and other consumer electronics solutions that provide high-performance universal video playback and advanced image enhancement of HD Internet, file-based or streaming video content, as well as high-performance universal video playback, advanced image enhancement and upscaling of SD Internet, file-based or streaming video content.

With universal HD video decode capabilities, the Quartics’ VPUs can enable decode and playback of HD Internet video content, including Flash-based H.264 format video from Hulu and YouTube, and VC1-based format video. In addition, Quartics’ video processing solutions comply with Windows DirectShow and Media Foundation frameworks to support Windows media players (H.264,VC1 stream and MPEG-4 decode) and can be customized to support proprietary APIs for other media players and applications.