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Multimedia Extension Instructions and Optimal Many-core Processor Architecture Exploration for Portable Ultrasonic Image Processing

  • Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
  • Abbr : JKSCI
  • 2012, 17(8), pp.1-10
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science

강성모 1 Jong Myon Kim 1

1울산대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper proposes design space exploration methodology of many-core processors including multimedia specific instructions to support high-performance and low power ultrasound imaging for portable devices. To explore the impact of multimedia instructions, we compare programs using multimedia instructions and baseline programs with a same many-core processor in terms of execution time, energy efficiency, and area efficiency. Experimental results using a 256x256 ultrasound image indicate that programs using multimedia instructions achieve 3.16 times of execution time, 8.13 times of energy efficiency, and 3.16 times of area efficiency over the baseline programs, respectively. Likewise, programs using multimedia instructions outperform the baseline programs using a 240x320 image (2.16 times of execution time, 4.04 times of energy efficiency, 2.16 times of area efficiency) as well as using a 240x400 image (2.25 times of execution time, 4.34 times of energy efficiency, 2.25 times of area efficiency). In addition, we explore optimal PE architecture of many-core processors including multimedia instructions by varying the number of PEs and memory size.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.