Title :
Processing the new world of interactive media
Author :
Rathman, S. ; Slavenb, Gert
Author_Institution :
Philips Semicond., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Trimedia is a family of programmable multimedia processors from the Trimedia product group of Philips Semiconductors. This architecture is based upon a high-performances VLIW CPU core. TM-1000 is the first product from a family of multimedia processors based upon the Trimedia architecture. TM-1000 is designed to concurrently process video, audio, graphics, and communication data. TM-1000 consists of a high-performance VLIW-based CPU core, large instruction and data caches, main memory interface, and video, audio and communication related peripherals. TM-1000 is a multimedia system on a chip: high-quality video and audio applications can be implemented in TM-1000 using high-level languages such as “C” and “C++”. The authors mainly focus on the VLIW CPU architecture
Keywords :
cache storage; digital signal processing chips; instruction sets; multimedia systems; parallel architectures; video signal processing; C language; C++ language; Philips Semiconductors; TM-1000; Trimedia; audio data processing; audio related peripherals; communication data processing; communication related peripherals; graphics data processing; high-level languages; high-performances VLIW CPU core; interactive media; large data caches; large instruction caches; main memory interface; programmable multimedia processors; video data processing; video related peripherals; Graphics; High level languages; Multimedia systems; Process design; VLIW;
Journal_Title :
Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
