The Princeton Engine: a real-time video system simulator

Author

Chin, D. ; Passe, J. ; Bernard, F. ; Taylor, H. ; Knight, S.

Author_Institution

David Sarnoff Res. Center, Princeton, NJ, USA

Volume

34

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

297

Abstract

The authors describe the Princeton Engine, a 29.3-GIPS image processing system capable of simulating video rate signals, including NTSC and HDTV video, in real time. It consists of a massively parallel arrangement of up to 2048 processing elements, each containing a 16-bit arithmetic unit, a multiplier, a 64-word triple-port register stack (one write, two read), and 16000 words of local processor memory. In addition, an interprocessor communication bus (IPC) permits exchanges of data between neighboring processors during one instruction cycle. The authors present a novel method of parallel programming for digital signal processing applications and provide several examples

Keywords

computerised picture processing; digital simulation; parallel processing; real-time systems; television systems; video signals; 29300 MIPS; HDTV; NTSC; Princeton Engine; arithmetic unit; digital signal processing applications; image processing system; instruction cycle; interprocessor communication bus; local processor memory; massively parallel arrangement; multiplier; parallel programming; processing elements; real-time video system simulator; register stack; video rate signals; Arithmetic; Digital signal processing; Engines; HDTV; Image processing; Parallel programming; Read-write memory; Real time systems; Registers; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.2943

Filename

2943