A multilevel computing architecture for embedded multimedia applications

Author

Karim, Faraydon ; Mellan, Alain ; Nguyen, Anh ; Aydonat, Utku ; Abdelrahman, Tarek

Author_Institution

STMicroelectronics, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

2004

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

66

Abstract

We have designed a new architecture that simplifies integration of heterogeneous IP for multimedia and streaming applications. The multilevel computing architecture (MLCA) is a template architecture featuring multiple processing units. This template architecture for SOC systems uses superscalar techniques to exploit task-level parallelism among different processing units. It supports a natural programming model that relieves programmers from explicitly synchronizing tasks and communicating data. code transformations that improve application performance are easy to incorporate in compilers for this architecture.

Keywords

computer architecture; embedded systems; multimedia systems; multiprocessing systems; system-on-chip; SOC system; embedded multimedia applications; multilevel computing architecture; superscalar techniques; synchronizing task; template architecture; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Digital signal processing; Embedded computing; Multimedia computing; Parallel processing; Programming profession; Registers; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2004.1

Filename

1310266