DocumentCode
752816
Title
Accelerating multimedia with enhanced microprocessors
Author
Lee, Ruby B.
Author_Institution
Hewlett-Packard Co., Cupertino, CA, USA
Volume
15
Issue
2
fYear
1995
fDate
4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
22
Lastpage
32
Abstract
A minimalistic set of multimedia introductions introduced into PA-RISC microprocessors implements SUID-MIMD parallelism with insignificant changes to the underlying microprocessor. Thus, a software video decoder attains MPEG video and audio decompression and playback at real-time rates of 30 frames per second, on an entry-level workstation. Our general-purpose parallel subword instructions can accelerate a variety of multimedia programs
Keywords
microprocessor chips; multimedia systems; MPEG video and audio decompression; PA-RISC microprocessors; SUID-MIMD parallelism; enhanced microprocessors; entry-level workstation; minimalistic set; multimedia acceleration; multimedia programs; parallel subword instructions; software video decoder; Acceleration; Circuits; Decoding; Hardware; Image storage; Microprocessors; Parallel processing; Transform coding; Video compression; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1732
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/40.372347
Filename
372347
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