Xetal-II: A 107 GOPS, 600 mW Massively Parallel Processor for Video Scene Analysis

Author

Abbo, Anteneh A. ; Kleihorst, Richard P. ; Choudhary, Vishal ; Sevat, Leo ; Wielage, Paul ; Mouy, Sebastien ; Vermeulen, Bart ; Heijligers, Marc

Author_Institution

Philips Res., Eindhoven

Volume

43

Issue

1

fYear

2008

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

201

Abstract

Xetal-II is a single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) processor with 320 processing elements. It delivers a peak performance of 107 GOPS on 16-bit data while dissipating 600 mW. A 10 Mbit on-chip memory is provided which can store up to four VGA frames, allowing efficient implementation of frame-iterative algorithms. A massively parallel interconnect provides an internal bandwidth of more than 1.3 Tbit/s to sustain the peak performance. The IC is realized in 90 nm CMOS and takes up 74 mm².

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; iterative methods; parallel processing; video signal processing; CMOS IC; GOPS; SIMD; Xetal-II; frame-iterative algorithm; massively parallel processor; on-chip memory; power 600 mW; single-instruction multiple-data processor; size 90 nm; storage capacity 10 Mbit; video scene analysis; word length 16 bit; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Filters; Image analysis; Parallel processing; Space technology; VLIW; Very large scale integration; Low-power; parallel processing; processor tile; single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD); smart cameras; very large scale integration (VLSI); video scene analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2007.909328

Filename

4443179