Real time 8K video quality assessment using FPGA

This paper presents a hardware architecture of the video quality assessment module. Two different metrics were implemented on FPGA using modern High Level Language for digital system design – Impulse C. FPGA resources consumption of the presented module is low, which enables module-level parallelization. Tests conducted for four modules working concurrently show that 1.96 GB/s throughput can be achieved. The module is capable of processing 8K video stream in a real-time manner i.e. 30 frames/second. Such high performance of the presented solution was achieved due to the series of architectural optimization introduced to the module, such as reduction of data precision and reuse of various module components.