A single-chip multiprocessor for multimedia: the MVP

Author

Guttag, Karl ; Gove, Robert J. ; Van Aken, Jerry R.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum., Houston, TX, USA

Volume

12

Issue

6

fYear

1992

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

64

Abstract

The multimedia video processor (MVP) architecture, which incorporates a variety of parallel processing techniques to deliver very high performance to a wide range of imaging and graphics applications, is described. The MVP combines, on a single semiconductor chip, multiple fully programmable processors with multiple data streams connected to shared RAMs through a crossbar network. Each of the independent processors can execute many operations in parallel every cycle. The architecture is scalable and supports different numbers of processors to meet the cost and performance requirements of different markets. MVP´s target environment and the development of MVP are outlined.<>

Keywords

computer graphic equipment; digital signal processing chips; multimedia systems; parallel architectures; shared memory systems; MVP; crossbar network; fully programmable processors; graphics applications; multimedia; multimedia video processor; multiple data streams; parallel processing; semiconductor chip; shared RAMs; single-chip multiprocessor; CMOS technology; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Image coding; Image recognition; Image storage; Parallel processing; Streaming media; Transform coding; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.163625

Filename

163625