Complex application-specific media instructions and kernels are emulated with simple to implement extended subword instructions. We show that assuming extended register file ent...
Ben H. H. Juurlink, Asadollah Shahbahrami, Stamati...
In this paper we employ two techniques suitable for embedded media processors. The first technique, extended subwords, uses four extra bits for every byte in a media register. Th...
Asadollah Shahbahrami, Ben H. H. Juurlink, Stamati...
To communicate between heterogeneous computer systems, mechanisms for data conversion are necessary. In this paper we present a portable, asymmetric data conversion method that is...
Raimund Kirner, Peter P. Puschner, Ingomar Wenzel,...
We present the TM3270 media-processor, the latest TriMedia VLIW processor, tuned to address the performance demands of standard definition video processing, combined with embedded...
Jan-Willem van de Waerdt, Stamatis Vassiliadis, Sa...
This paper presents a new algorithm for on-the-fly data compression in high performance VLIW processors. The algorithm aggressively targets energy minimization of some of the domi...
Alberto Macii, Enrico Macii, Fabrizio Crudo, Rober...