title: Digital implementation of hierarchical vector quantization.
abstract: A formal methodology drives the design and realization of a digital very large-scale integration (VLSI) device supporting hierarchical vector quantization (HVQ) in computation-intensive coding applications. The hardware-oriented model-selection approach enhances the Minimum Description Length criterion with circuit-related aspects that allow consistent and efficient design. The resulting model parameters drive the subsequent realization in digital circuitry, which has first been implemented in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology to verify its correctness. The eventual VLSI realization results in an HVQ chip providing cost-effective, computationally efficient real-time performances. Real-world applications support the consistency of the vector quantization approach and the effectiveness of the HVQ device.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biophys. and Electron. Eng., Univ. of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bracco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ridella
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zunino