How multimedia workloads will change processor design

Author

Diefendorff, Keith ; Dubey, Pradeep K.

Author_Institution

Apple Comput. Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

Volume

30

Issue

9

fYear

1997

fDate

9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Workloads drive architecture design and will change in the next two decades. For high-performance, general-purpose processors, there is a consensus that multimedia will continue to grow in importance. The authors predict these processors will incorporate more media processing capabilities, eventually bringing about the demise of specialized media processors, except perhaps, in embedded applications. These enhanced general-purpose processor capabilities will arise from multimedia applications that require real-time response, continuous-media data types and significant fine-grained data parallelism

Keywords

general purpose computers; microprocessor chips; multimedia computing; parallel architectures; technological forecasting; continuous-media data types; enhanced general-purpose processor capabilities; fine-grained data parallelism; high-performance general-purpose processors; media processing capabilities; microprocessor architecture design; multimedia workloads; real-time response; Animation; Application software; Digital signal processors; Games; Hardware; Microprocessors; Parallel processing; Process design; Satellite broadcasting; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.612247

Filename

612247