Title :
A versatile and scalable MIMD architecture for studio quality motion estimation
Author :
Mombers, F. ; Dogimont, S. ; Mlynek, D. ; Garino, P.
Author_Institution :
Integrated Syst. Center, Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
A novel architecture dedicated to perform motion estimation on MPEG3 CCIR 601 sequences is presented. The proposed MIMD architecture exposes software programmability at different levels allowing the user to define his/her own searching strategy and combine multiple chips in a master/slave configuration to meet the required processing power. A first implementation of this architecture tailored to perform a predictive Genetic Search Motion Estimation is reported
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; image processing equipment; image sequences; motion estimation; parallel architectures; video signal processing; MPEG3 CCIR 601 sequences; master/slave configuration; multiprocessor architecture; predictive genetic search motion estimation; scalable MIMD architecture; searching strategy; studio quality motion estimation; Computer architecture; Costs; Decoding; Energy consumption; Energy management; Frequency estimation; Laboratories; Motion estimation; Silicon; Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference 1998. Proceedings. Eleventh Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4980-6
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1998.723021
