A High-Speed Architecture for Image Computation

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 97, No. 6, pp. 464–469
Abstract: A system architecture well suited to the tasks of generating, manipulating, and processing digital images of arbitrary sample resolution is presented. The architecture reflects a series of design decisions made at various conceptual levels. These decisions and the general system requirements which underlie them are examined. The architecture is outlined in a top-down fashion proceeding from the system interface level to the macroscopic hardware level to the PC board level. The parallel software architectural development is also summarized. Finally, a specific application software system is discussed. The example, a rendering system, illustrates the multitasking multiple-processor nature of the system and suggests a method for handling dynamic load-balancing among the computational subsystems.
Publication Date: 1988-06-01
DOI: 10.5594/J02943
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J02943
Author(s): Leland K. PutnamBTS, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84119.
Phil LuchtBTS, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84119.
Jeff DavisBTS, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84119.
Copyright: © 1988 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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