Title :
Global operations in SIMD cellular processor arrays employing functional asynchronism
Author :
Lopich, Alexey ; Dudek, Piotr
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Manchester, Manchester
Abstract :
We present a new approach to execution of global image processing operations on massively parallel cellular processor arrays. Combining conventional synchronous processing with simple asynchronous propagations we achieve performance increase on global operations without additional hardware cost. By the example of watershed transformation we demonstrate the benefits of mixed synchronous/ asynchronous approach. In addition, we investigate asynchronous grey-scale data processing and its applications in image processing.
Keywords :
cellular arrays; environmental science computing; image processing; parallel processing; water storage; SIMD cellular processor arrays; asynchronous grey-scale data processing; conventional synchronous processing; functional asynchronism; global image processing operations; parallel cellular processor arrays; watershed transformation; Circuits; Computer architecture; Costs; Electronic mail; Ground penetrating radar; Hardware; Image processing; Iterative algorithms; Parallel architectures; Pixel;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing, 2006. CAMP 2006. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0685-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0686-9
DOI :
10.1109/CAMP.2007.4350343
