Multiprocessor computing for images

Author

Cantoni, Virginio ; Levialdi, Stefano

Author_Institution

Dept. Inf. e Syst., Pavia Univ., Italy

Volume

76

Issue

8

fYear

1988

fDate

8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

959

Lastpage

969

Abstract

A review of image-processing systems developed until now is given, highlighting the weak points of such systems and the trends that have dictated their evolution through the years producing different generations of machines. Each generation may be characterized by the hardware architecture, the programmability features and the relative application areas. The need for multiprocessing hierarchical systems is discussed, focusing on pyramidal architectures. Their computational paradigms, their virtual and physical implementation, their programming and languages, are discussed

Keywords

computer architecture; computer vision; multiprocessing systems; application areas; computational paradigms; computer vision; evolution; hardware architecture; image-processing systems; multiprocessing hierarchical systems; physical implementation; programmability features; programming; pyramidal architectures; review; trends; weak points; Application software; Character generation; Computer architecture; Computer languages; Hardware; Hierarchical systems; Image generation; Image processing; Image segmentation; Image storage; Physics computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.5967

Filename

5967