A well-known challenge during processor design is to obtain best possible results for a typical target application domain by combining flexibility and computational performance. A...
Multimedia extensions (MME) are architectural extensions to general-purpose processors to boost the performance of multimedia workloads. Today, in-line assembly code, intrinsic fu...
Vector extensions for general purpose processors are an efficient feature to address the growing performance demand of multimedia and computer vision applications. Embedded proces...
Tarik Saidani, Joel Falcou, Lionel Lacassagne, Sam...
An upgrade from dual-core to quad-core AMD processor on the Cray XT system at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Leadership Computing Facility (LCF) has resulted in significa...
Sadaf R. Alam, Richard F. Barrett, Heike Jagode, J...
— For multimedia applications, loop buffering is an efficient mechanism to reduce the power in the instruction memory of embedded processors. In particular, software controlled ...
Tom Vander Aa, Murali Jayapala, Francisco Barat, G...