Title :
A video display processing platform for future TV concepts
Author :
De With, Peter H N ; Jaspers, Egberl G T ; Van Meerbergen, J.L. ; Timmer, Adwin H. ; Strik, Marino T J
Author_Institution :
Fac. Comput. Eng., Mannheim Univ., Germany
fDate :
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a generic multiprocessor architecture for video processing, featuring an array of programmable application-specific coprocessors and a programmable switch-bar communication network. Key advantages of the platform are that the order of functions can be changed and that video tasks can be programmed at system and functional levels using tasks of any length, by applying dynamic data-flow. This modular concept is cost-effective and suitable for a large range of applications and features in the video domain. The system can be well applied in combination with microcontrollers or media processors and it is used for implementing an experimental TV platform.
Keywords :
VLSI; consumer electronics; coprocessors; display instrumentation; electronic switching systems; multiprocessing systems; programmable circuits; telecommunication networks; television receivers; video signal processing; TV applications; TV set; VLSI; consumer-electronics products; dynamic data-flow; experimental TV platform; functional level programming; generic multiprocessor architecture; media processors; microcontrollers; modular concept; programmable application-specific coprocessors; programmable switch-bar communication network; system level programming; video display processing platform; Computer displays; Consumer electronics; Coprocessors; Decoding; Helium; Marine technology; Silicon compounds; TV; Tin; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
