Title :
System-level performance evaluation of a H.264/AVC encoder targeting multiprocessors architectures
Author :
Zrida, Hajer Krichene ; Ammari, Ahmed Chiheb ; Jemai, Abderrazek ; Abid, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sfax Univ., Sfax, Tunisia
Abstract :
The system-level modeling and simulation framework Sesame/Artemis aims to efficiently explore the design space of heterogeneous embedded multimedia architectures. The Sesame environment provides several methods and tools to quickly and separately build the application process network model, the target architecture model, and the mapping model of the application onto the architecture. In addition, this tool is designed to allow the refining simulation models smoothly across different abstraction levels and to include support for refining only parts of an architecture model, creating a mixed-level simulation model. In this paper, the Sesame software framework is selected to implement at the black-box architecture model level a parallel H.264/AVC video encoding application targeting multiprocessors platforms.
Keywords :
encoding; performance evaluation; software architecture; system-on-chip; video coding; AVC video encoding application; Artemis framework; H.264 video encoding application; Sesame software framework; SoC; black box architecture; heterogeneous embedded multimedia architectures; mixed level simulation model; multiprocessors architectures; multiprocessors platforms; system level performance evaluation; Application software; Automatic voltage control; Communication system software; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Encoding; Multimedia systems; Software performance; Space exploration; System-level design;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics (ICM), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5814-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2009.5418661