Parallel image processing with one-dimensional DSP arrays

被引:4
作者
Ercan, MF [1 ]
Fung, YF [1 ]
Demokan, MS [1 ]
机构
[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
来源
FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESCIENCE | 2000年 / 17卷 / 03期
关键词
parallel architectures; computer vision; image processing; parallel DSP;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-739X(99)00081-3
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
This paper describes a study of parallel image processing algorithms implemented on a one-dimensional DSP array. DSPs are developed for computationally intensive signal processing operations. Recently introduced parallel DSPs can be used for all levels of image processing operations and they provide easy development of a parallel system. In addition, due to the computing power delivered by these processors, we can employ coarse grain parallelism instead of the traditional fine-grain parallelism. Modularity, expandability and easy programming are other advantages of parallel DSPs. In this paper, parallel implementation of some selected image processing algorithms is described and performance results are presented. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:197 / 214
页数:18
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