An interesting aspect that has not been mentioned on flif.info nor here, is the implementability on silicon. How many transistors would be needed for and encod

An interesting aspect that has not been mentioned on flif.info nor here, is the implementability on silicon. How many transistors would be needed for and encoder? How about a decoder or a codec (encoder/decoder)? And what about clock speed? How long is the longest pipeline in the codec? For any other modern codec the hardware aspect is a very important one. Usecases like smartphone browsers or smartwatches are very common, and on platforms like that performance==battery life==usefulness.