H264-E-BPF - Ultra-fast, AVC/H.264 Baseline Profile Encoder - The H264-E-BPF IP core is a video encoder supporting the Constrained Baseline Profile of the ISO/IEC 14496-10/ITU-T H.264 standard. The H264-E-BPF encoder requires less silicon area than most equally… CAST develops, sells, and supports digital Silicon IP Cores which electronic system designers use to shorten development time and lower production risk. CAST uniquely gives system designers the CAST… Arria® V GT FPGA Arria® V GX FPGA Arria® V GZ FPGA Arria® V ST FPGA Arria® V SX FPGA Cyclone® V E FPGA Cyclone® V GT FPGA Cyclone® V GX FPGA Cyclone® V SE FPGA Cyclone® V ST FPGA Cyclone® V SX FPGA Agilex™ 3 FPGA C-Series Agilex™ 5 FPGA D-Series Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series Agilex™ 7 FPGA F-Series Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Agilex™ 7 FPGA M-Series Agilex™ 9 FPGA Direct RF-Series Arria® 10 GT FPGA Arria® 10 GX FPGA Arria® 10 SX FPGA Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA Stratix® 10 AX FPGA Stratix® 10 DX FPGA Stratix® 10 GX FPGA Stratix® 10 SX FPGA Stratix® 10 TX FPGA Stratix® V GS FPGA Stratix® V GX FPGA Despite being small, the H264-E-BPF produces high-quality video, especially at low bit rates, and is suitable for systems with low latency requirements. It uses constant quantization to output video streams of Variable Bit-Rate (VBR), or automatically regulates quantization multiple times within a frame to output Constant Bit-Rate (CBR) streams. In CBR mode it responds rapidly to temporal or spatial changes in the video content. This can be combined with an artifacts-free Intra-Refresh coding implementation to effectively eliminate bit rate peaks, while preserving the periodic intra-coded references. As a result, the stream buffers can be smaller than those typically required, and the end-to-end latency can be brought down to frame or sub-frame levels. Video quality at low bit rates is preserved, as the encoder intelligently uses block-skipping and quantization coefficient thresholding to reduce bit rate with minimal quality loss and uses the in-loop deblocking filter to eliminate the blocking artifact. Video and Image Processing Aerospace Consumer Data Center Cloud (Public, Private, Hybrid) Data Center OEM (IHV, ISV, SI, VAR) Defense Industrial Medical Transportation H264-E-BPF - Ultra-fast, AVC/H.264 Baseline Profile Encoder Key Features Supports H.264 Constrained Baseline Profile, Interlaced, Output Annex B NAL Offering Brief Yes Yes No Yes Encrypted Verilog Encrypted VHDL Verilog VHDL Arria® V GT FPGA Arria® V GX FPGA Arria® V GZ FPGA Arria® V ST FPGA Arria® V SX FPGA Cyclone® V E FPGA Cyclone® V GT FPGA Cyclone® V GX FPGA Cyclone® V SE FPGA Cyclone® V ST FPGA Cyclone® V SX FPGA Agilex™ 3 FPGA C-Series Agilex™ 5 FPGA D-Series Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series Agilex™ 7 FPGA F-Series Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Agilex™ 7 FPGA M-Series Agilex™ 9 FPGA Direct RF-Series Arria® 10 GT FPGA Arria® 10 GX FPGA Arria® 10 SX FPGA Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA Stratix® 10 AX FPGA Stratix® 10 DX FPGA Stratix® 10 GX FPGA Stratix® 10 SX FPGA Stratix® 10 TX FPGA Stratix® V GS FPGA Stratix® V GX FPGA Yes Yes 24.3.1 Offering Brief Production a1JUi0000049U6iMAE What's Included Self-checking testbench Ordering Information H264-E-BPF Direct a1JUi0000049U6iMAE Production Intellectual Property (IP) a1MUi00000BO8rRMAT a1MUi00000BO8rRMAT Member 2026-04-21T12:58:28.000+0000 The H264-E-BPF IP core is a video encoder supporting the Constrained Baseline Profile of the ISO/IEC 14496-10/ITU-T H.264 standard. The H264-E-BPF encoder requires less silicon area than most equally capable hardware H.264 encoders—approximately 250K gates—allowing for very cost-effective implementations. Its small silicon footprint, low external memory bandwidth requirements, and zero software overhead enable high-throughput H.264 coding at an extremely low energy cost. Partner Solutions