Unified Video Decoder

Unified Video Decoder (UVD, previously called Universal Video Decoder) is the name given to <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">AMD</a>'s dedicated <a href="/facts/Video_codec/psfSuqg7">video decoding</a> <a href="/facts/Application-specific_integrated_circuit/YGUXpX50">ASIC</a>. There are multiple versions implementing a multitude of <a href="/facts/Video_codec/psfSuqg7">video codecs</a>, such as <a href="/facts/H.264%2fMPEG-4_AVC/soCzKcmJ">H.264</a> and <a href="/facts/VC-1/KotHFF8I">VC-1</a>.
UVD was introduced with the <a href="/facts/Radeon_HD_2000_Series/QwlY2oKq">Radeon HD 2000 Series</a> and is integrated into some of AMD's <a href="/facts/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units/jaVxfufu">GPUs</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_AMD_accelerated_processing_units/62q8zqca">APUs</a>. UVD occupies a considerable amount of the <a href="/facts/Die_(integrated_circuit)/XWvdlltE">die</a> surface at the time of its introduction and is not to be confused with AMD's <a href="/facts/Video_Coding_Engine/4L5MLb6K">Video Coding Engine</a> (VCE).
As of <a href="/facts/AMD_Raven_Ridge/hdApEUQw">AMD Raven Ridge</a> (released January 2018), UVD and VCE were succeeded by <a href="/facts/Video_Core_Next/I0GL8eMR">Video Core Next</a> (VCN).

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Unified Video Decoder