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TicoRAW is the new RAW!​

intoPIX TicoRAW is a revolutionary RAW (Bayer) image processing and compression technology, extremely tiny and low power.


intoPIX has developed various architectures running at different pixels per clock to target a wide range of pixel rates, frame rates and image sensor resolutions and a wide range of FPGA devices & ASIC technology nodes. RAW Encoding or Decoding can be achieved in small AMD, Altera and Lattice FPGAs, robust for real-time operation with no latency. intoPIX offers silicon-proven IP with very low gate count & SRAM consumption in ASICs.


With such a rapid evolution of available images, image sensors and video resolutions, the need for new ways to handle RAW / image sensor data is bigger than ever before. 


With TicoRAW, you can capture, transmit, store, edit, preserve and analyze RAW Bayer data more efficiently, with lower bandwidth and smaller files, while preserving the full flexibility of RAW.


IP Cores Features​

TicoRAW IP cores are fully available and silicon-proven for FPGA and ASIC designs

 TicoRAW
Image / Video 
  •  Color space and pixel formats: 
    • RAW CFA Bayer 
    • HDR Bayer (i.e. with PWL – piecewise linear)
    • Several patterns supported, including RGGB, RCCB, GBBR, RYYCy…
    • optional Monochrome/Grayscale and 4:2:2* modes
  • Bit Depth: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
  • Resolutions: any, from 2 Mpx to 160 Mpx or more (see examples below)
  • Pixel Rate / frame rate: Any (depending on intoPIX IP core configuration & targeted device)
TicoRAW
RAW Compression & Processing

(Latency, Quality, Rate Control)  
  • Latency: sub-frame, down to 0.1 ms
  • Real-time operation guaranteed (no overflow or underflow) 
  • Fixed latency - Only a few lines of pixels (number of lines depends on the profile)
  • Adjustable compression ratio down to 1 bit per pixel
  • Support for lossy / visually lossless / near-lossless / mathematically lossless 
  • Constant Bit Rate mode (CBR) or Constant Quality mode (Capped VBR)
  • Optional ISP proxy output in the decoder: outputs a half-resolution RGB image, with white balance, color space conversion and black level correction (e.g. a 4K RAW stream decoded directly to HD RGB).
TicoRAW
FPGA / ASIC Implementations
  • Various pixel-per-clock architectures available to achieve the minimal footprint and minimal power consumption into the chip.
  •  Low-cost implementation in any FPGA: very low FPGA logic and internal RAM usage (No external DDR required)
    • Fits in AMD Spartan-6, Artix-7, Kintex-7, Kintex UltraScale, Virtex UltraScale, UltraScale+, Versal
    • Fits in Altera Cyclone V, Arria V, Stratix V, Cyclone 10, Arria 10, Stratix 10, Agilex
    • Fits in Lattice Certus Pro and Avant
  • Low Gate Area (low gate count / low memory) for ASIC - Silicon Proven (No external DDR required)
  • Encoder and decoder have approximately the same complexity 
  • IP core size customizable per application 
TicoRAW
 Bitstream format
 TicoRAW by default.

Dedicated encoder/decoder versions compliant with the JPEG XS RAW (Bayer) profile are available on request.

* In 4:2:2 mode, the frame rate is half that of RAW Bayer mode.

NEW- From HD to 20K RAW – 
​and your configuration for FPGA & ASIC ​

Need something different? We can build a custom version for your specific needs

Contact us for your own configuration. 


Available for:

See below a list of typical configurations with TicoRAW cores. The Max fps will depend on the selected encoder/decoder and its pixel-per-clock architecture.


TicoRAW IP-CORES
-ENC  / -DEC
 Color
sampling
Sensor
Bit depth
Example resolutions
Max fps
at 100 MHz*
Max fps
at 250 MHz*
Max fps
 at 300 MHz*
Max fps
at 1 GHz*
 IPX-TICO-RAW-2K
(up to 2048-pixels width)
 RAW CFA Bayer or HDR Bayer  8, 10, 12, 14, 16
 2048 x 1080
2048 x 2048
 670
354
  839
442
 1006
530
  3354
1769
 IPX-TICO-RAW-4K
(up to 4096-pixels width)
RAW CFA Bayer  or HDR Bayer 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
 4096 x 2160
4096 x 4096
 168
88
 209
110
 250
132
 837
441
 IPX-TICO-RAW-8K
(up to 8192-pixels width)
RAW CFA Bayer or HDR Bayer
 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
8192 x 4320
8192 x 8192
44
22
105
55
 124
68
418
220
...
ASK FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION 
       

 * Max Frequency (MHz) of the IP-cores can be adjusted according to your selected pixel-per-clock architecture, and your targeted FPGA or ASIC technology node


TicoXS-RAW IP-CORES
-ENC  / -DEC
ProfileSensor
Bit depth
Resolutions examples
Max fps
at 100 MHz*
Max fps
at 250 MHz*
Max fps
 at 300 MHz*
Max fps
at 1 GHz*
 IPX-TICO-RAW-XS-2K
(up to 2048-pixels width)
JPEG XS RAW Bayer  8, 10, 12, 14, 16
 2048 x 1080
2048 x 2048
 670
354
  839
442
 1006
530
  3354
1769
 IPX-TICO-RAW-XS-4K
(up to 4096-pixels width)
JPEG XS RAW Bayer 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
 4096 x 2160
4096 x 4096
 168
88
 209
110
 250
132
 837
441
 IPX-TICO-RAW-XS-8K
(up to 8192-pixels width)
JPEG XS RAW Bayer
 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
8192 x 4320
8192 x 8192
44
22
105
55
 124
68
418
220
...
ASK FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION 
       

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Resources 

TicoRAW Solutions overview
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