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A programming model for an embedded media processing architecture

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Long LiuAuthors Info & Claims

SAMOS'05: Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Embedded Computer Systems: architectures, Modeling, and Simulation

Pages 251 - 261

https://doi.org/10.1007/11512622_27

Published: 18 July 2005 Publication History

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To follow rapid evolution of media processing algorithms, the latest media processing architecture enhances the execution efficiencies of media applications by adding a programmable vision processor and by improving memory hierarchy, while complicates the programming. In this paper, the features of this architecture are analyzed, the reason of inefficiency of media application implemented by general programming model is studied and SPUR programming model is proposed. In SPUR, media data and operations are expressed as media streams and corresponding operations naturally. Moreover, algorithm is divided into high-level part written by SP-C and low-level part written by UR-C. Fine-grained data parallelism are exploited explicitly as well. Experimental results show that SPUR provides programmer a novel, expressive and efficient programming way, and obviously improves readability, robustness, development efficiency and object-code quality of media applications.

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SAMOS'05: Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Embedded Computer Systems: architectures, Modeling, and Simulation

July 2005

476 pages

ISBN:354026969X

Editors:
Timo D. Hämäläinen
Department of Computer Systems, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
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Andy D. Pimentel
Computer Systems Architecture Group, University of Amsterdam, Tampere, The Netherlands
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Jarmo Takala
Computer Systems Architecture Group, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 1, Tampere, Finland
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Stamatis Vassiliadis
Computer Engineering Lab, TUDelft., Korkeakoulunkatu 1, Delft, GA, The Netherlands

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