Title :
Design of a development system for multimedia applications based on a single chip multiprocessor array
Author :
Herrmann, Klaus ; Gaedke, Klaus ; Hilgenstock, J. ; Pirsch, Peter
Author_Institution :
Lab. fur Informationstechnol., Hannover Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A development system for investigations on video signal processing in multimedia applications has been developed. This system is based on the single chip multiprocessor array MAXPE9 which integrates 9 programmable video signal processing elements AxPe on a silicon area of 16 cm2. Each AxPe has a peak arithmetic performance of 1 GOPS. In order to demonstrate the computational power of the MAXPE9 for video coding schemes in multimedia applications, an universal hardware platform based on a personal computer and software tools have been developed. It allows an efficient programming of the MAXPE9 including an immediate verification on hardware. Examples of video coding schemes to be investigated are hybrid coding according to ITU-T H.261, H.263 or ISO MPEG 1/2
Keywords :
development systems; digital signal processing chips; formal verification; microcomputer applications; multimedia systems; multiprocessing systems; programming environments; real-time systems; software tools; video coding; AxPe; ISO MPEG 1/2; ITU-T H.261; ITU-T H.263; MAXPE9; development system; hybrid coding; multimedia applications; personal computer; programmable video signal processing elements; single chip multiprocessor array; software tools; universal hardware platform; verification; video coding schemes; video signal processing; Application software; Arithmetic; Hardware; ISO standards; Microcomputers; Multimedia systems; Silicon; Software tools; Video coding; Video signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rodos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3650-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1996.584626
