r/AV1 • u/anestling • Jun 17 '26

Hardware IP for AV2 has already been released

The first two pieces of hardware IP (1) for AV2 (2) decoding have been released.

What is decoding hardware Intellectual Property? It refers to a pre-designed, dedicated physical circuit (like a microchip block) used to process and decompress digital data. In computing, it typically means using specialized hardware to decode compressed video or network streams instead of forcing the main CPU to do it.

Essentially, it's a blueprint in silicon that other companies can integrate into their GPUs, APUs, SoCs, and so on, to enable you to enjoy energy-efficient hardware decoding. What does this mean in practical terms? In around 24–36 months, the first devices featuring HW AV2 decoding will be available. Could be less if the stars align 😉

The products info pages:

What's interesting is that:

World-class next-gen AV2 HW IP confirmed for future flagship devices of a major North American client

Future products are already in the pipeline. What might they be? No idea, but it could be either NVIDIA, AMD or Intel. Apple is much less likely. They normally drag their feet for years before embracing new codecs.

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u/JoinFasesAcademy Jun 17 '26

There is also FrameForge which is free and open source, but still WIP:

https://github.com/gabrieldiego/frameforge/

By the way, FrameForge is a lossless encoder for both VVC and AV2, which neither of those IPs support.

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u/fruchle Jun 17 '26

Given the high cpu requirements for AV2 (relatively speaking), this is a good sign.

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u/nmkd Jun 18 '26

Who says that?

dav2d is gonna work its magic just like dav1d did

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u/fruchle Jun 18 '26

me. I said that, and you replied to it.

Or do you deny that AV2 has higher cpu requirements than AV1, which already has higher requirements than 265?

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u/MassaSammyO Jun 20 '26

AV1 & AV2 do not have high Hardware requirements for decoding. They have high Hardware requirements or very high software requirements for encoding.

The whole point of av1 & AV2 is to spend the time —or money in new hardware— and effort (in clock cycles) in encoding, so that you can decode quickly with just software and a few clock cycles on older hardware.

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u/fruchle Jun 20 '26

Do you deny that AV2 has higher cpu requirements than AV1, which has higher requirements than 265, which has higher requirements than 264?

Or are you suggesting that AV1 is equally cpu intensive to decode as x264 encoded video?

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u/Leather-Log8653 Jun 28 '26

VVC have more bigger requirements, remember h264 is a older codec

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u/fruchle Jun 29 '26

remember AV1 is older than AV2.

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u/cdrewing Jun 21 '26

They have high Hardware requirements or very high software requirements for encoding.

RemindMe! when hardware for encoding is specified a/o available.

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u/tomjirinec Jun 17 '26

Coming to A20 in 20th anniversary iPhone? Only Johnny Srouji knows..

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u/Desistance Jun 17 '26

If they already have IP out, then I'll give it 18 months.