You are correct that video and audio codecs are implemented in both hardware and software. As with other forms of technology, understanding the differences can improve your ability to select the form ...

Intel has agreed to purchase roughly 190 patents, 170 patent applications and next generation video codec software from RealNetworks for $120 million. The buy isn't expected to have any material ...

Today ARC will announce a family of silicon intellectual property (IP) cores—the VRaptor family–for implementing multi-standard video CoDecs. Given that ARC is primarily a RISC processor IP vendor, ...