Title :
Programmable general purpose data path suitable for video signal processors
Author :
Evans, Steve ; Yates, Rodric
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK
Abstract :
A new general purpose data path is presented which is suitable for use in a programmable video signal processor. The device is based on a combination of multi-pipeline and SIMD processors. The authors begin with an explanation of the inadequacies of current SIMD processors. The proposed data path is then presented. This is followed by a brief algorithmic comparison between the proposed data path, and a traditional SIMD processor, for a selected image coding task.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; image coding; parallel algorithms; parallel architectures; pipeline processing; video signals; SIMD processors; algorithmic comparison; general purpose data path; image coding task; multipipeline processors; programmable video signal processor;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931280
