VLSI implementation of a vector quantization processor

Summary form only given. This presentation contains a discussion of the needs for a hardware Vector Quantization processor and the trade-offs involved in its design and implementation. The Codebook Processor Chip (CPC16) is a VQ processor capable of finding a full-search best match on sixteen codevectors in parallel. Maximum vector size is 625 samples. Full search of larger codebooks is possible by cascading several chips in parallel. Tree search and multi-stage searches are possible by cascading multiple chips in series in a pipeline structure