Broadcom mediaDSP: A Platform for Building Programmable Multicore Video Processors

Author

Selvaggi, Richard ; Pearlstein, Larry

Author_Institution

Broadcom Corp., Yardley, PA

Volume

29

Issue

2

fYear

2009

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Broadcom´s mediaDSP technology is a modular and scalable multiprocessor platform that provides the framework for building customized and programmable multicore processors for the video and image processing domain. The mediaDSP platform exploits task-level parallelism and includes architectural elements that support a task-based programming model. Broadcom´s BCM35421 processor leverages mediaDSP technology to realize a single-chip, full high definition (FHD) frame rate converter for today´s 120 Hz LCD TV sets.

Keywords

microprocessor chips; video signal processing; 120 Hz LCD TV sets; BCM35421 processor; Broadcom mediaDSP technology; image processing domain; programmable multicore video processors; scalable multiprocessor platform; video processing domain; Costs; Engines; HDTV; High definition video; Image processing; Multicore processing; Noise reduction; Parallel processing; TV; Video compression; SIMD; SoC; digital signal processing; frame-rate conversion; heterogeneous; mediaDSP; multicore; multiprocessing; programmable;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2009.25

Filename

4812134