The new MPEG-4 coding standard provides a powerful set of tools for the efficient coding of multimedia contents. But its large number of different algorithms and high performance requirements are also a challenge for the design of a new generation of flexible, low power codec VLSIs for mobile and portable applications.
Citation:
Johannes Kneip, Bernd Schmale, Henning Möller, "Applying and Implementing the MPEG-4 Multimedia Standard," IEEE Micro, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 64-74, Nov./Dec. 1999, doi:10.1109/40.809379