Title :
Design issues for very-long-instruction-word VLSI video signal processors
Author :
Dutta, Santanu ; Wolfe, Andrew ; Wolf, Wayne ; O´Connor, Kevin J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-1 Nov 1996
Abstract :
This paper is a design study of a very long instruction word (VLIW) video signal processor (VSP), concentrating on the VLSI tradeoffs which affect the processor´s architecture. VLIW architectures provide high parallelism and excellent high-level language programmability, but require careful attention to VLSI design. Flexible, high-bandwidth interconnect, high-connectivity register files, and fast cycle time are required to achieve real-time video signal processing. The design targets 32-64 operations per cycle at clock rates exceeding 500 MHz. Parameterizable versions of key modules have been designed in a 0.25 μm CMOS process, allowing us to explore the VLIW VSP design space and study the tradeoffs defined by the characteristics of the process
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; instruction sets; parallel architectures; video signal processing; 0.25 micron; 500 MHz; VLIW architectures; VLSI design; VLSI video signal processors; clock rates; fast cycle time; high-bandwidth interconnect; high-connectivity register files; high-level language programmability; modules; parallel architecture; real-time video signal processing; very long instruction word; Clocks; High level languages; LAN interconnection; Process design; Registers; Signal design; Signal processing; VLIW; Very large scale integration; Video signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Signal Processing, IX, 1996., [Workshop on]
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3134-6
DOI :
10.1109/VLSISP.1996.558307