NoDRAMtm Technology

Immedia is the first company to completely eliminate the need for DRAM memory in silicon based H.264 codecs. Immedia’s NoDRAM technology dramatically reduces the BOM cost for high volume encoding camera applications including:

  • Notebook/Netbook computers
  • PC Webcams
  • TV Cameras
  • Wireless Webcams
  • IP Cameras

H.264 encoding chips have traditionally relied on separate DRAM memory chips to support coding functions:

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Some vendors have utilized advanced packaging technologies, such as “system in package” (SiP), in order to reduce cost, power and size:

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These packaging techniques can help reduce size but have limited impact on cost and power. Immedia’s proprietary, patent-pending NoDRAMtm technology completely eliminates the DRAM thus substantially reducing BOM cost, system power and module size.

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