• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.116-126
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• 2011

In this paper, we present a multi-media processor which can decode multiple-format video standards. The designed processor is evaluated with optimized MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and AVS (Audio video standard). There are two approaches for developing of real-time video decoders. First, hardware-based system is much superior to a processor-based one in execution time. However, it takes long time to implement and modify hardware systems. On the contrary, the software-based video codecs can be easily implemented and flexible, however, their performance is not so good for real-time applications. In this paper, in order to exploit benefits related to two approaches, we designed a processor called ASIP(Application specific instruction-set processor) for video decoding. In our work, we extracted eight common modules from various video decoders, and added several multimedia instructions to the processor. The developed processor for video decoders is evaluated with the Synopsys platform simulator and a FPGA board. In our experiment, we can achieve about 37% time saving in total decoding time.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.7
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• pp.159-166
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• 2013

This paper proposes an efficient loop accelerator for a motion estimation specific instruction-set processor. ME algorithms in nature contain complex and multiple loop operations. To support efficient hardware (HW) loop operations, this paper introduces four loop instructions and their specific HW architecture. The simulation results show that the proposed loop accelerator can reduce about 29% average instruction cycles for ME early-termination schemes compared with typical implementation having a combination of compare and conditional jump instructions. The proposed loop accelerator of the motion estimation specific instruction-set processor can significantly reduce the number of program memory accesses and greatly save power consumption. Hence, it can be quite suitable for low power and flexible ME implementation.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.809-810
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• 2006

An H.264 algorithm is commonly used for video compression applications. This algorithm requires a large number of data computations, for example, the sum of absolute difference (SAD) operation. We analyzed H.264 reference encoding workloads. The H.264 encoding program has 8.78% SAD operation. The SAD operation is to sum up 16 difference-values in H.264 $4{\times}4$ sub-blocks. In order to accelerate SAD operations, we implemented an application specific instruction-set processor (ASIP) that can execute SAD and data transfer instructions. The proposed coprocessor has an absolute value generator and a carry save adder (CSA) unit to sum up 8 difference-values per one clock cycle. We completed SAD operation in 2 clock cycles. Experimental results show that the performance is improved by 34% of total execution time.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.94-98
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• 2009

최근 모바일 멀티미디어 기기들의 사용이 증가하면서 고성능 멀티미디어 프로세서에 대한 필요성이 높아지고 있는 추세이다. DSP 기반의 시스템은 범용성에 기인하여 다양한 응용 분야에서 사용될 수 있으나 주문형반도체 보다 높은 가격과 전력소모 그리고 낮은 성능을 가진다. ASIP는 주문형반도체의 저비용, 저전력, 고성능과 범용 프로세서의 유연성이 결합된 새로운 형태의 프로세서로서, 단일 칩 상에 H.264, VC-1, AVS, MPEG 등과 같은 다양한 멀티미디어 비디오 표준 및 OFDM과 같은 통신 시스템을 지원하고 또한 고성능의 처리율과 계산량을 요구하는 차세대 비디오 표준의 구현을 위한 효과적인 해결책으로 주목되고 있다. 본 기술 문서에서는 ASIP의 특징과 애플리케이션의 가속 방법, ASIP을 위한 컴파일러 설계 및 응용에 관하여 기술한다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.292-298
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• 2017

The complexity of image compression algorithms has increased in order to improve image compression efficiency. One way to resolve high computational complexity is parallel processing. However, entropy coding, which is lossless compression, does not fit into the parallel processing form because of the correlation between consecutive symbols. This paper proposes a new application-specific instruction set processor (ASIP) platform by adding new context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) instructions to the existing platform to quickly process a variety of entropy coding. The newly added instructions work without conflicts with all other existing instructions of the platform, providing the flexibility to handle many coding standards with fast processing speeds. CABAC software is implemented for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and the performance of the proposed ASIP platform was verified with a field programmable gate array simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.251-254
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 고해상도 동영상의 실시간 복호화를 위하여 Application Specific Instruction-set Processor (ASIP)기술을 이용하여 H.264/AVC 고속 병렬 복호화기를 설계하였다. 우선, 하드웨어에 최적화된 구조로 복호화기를 설계하고 LISA로 기술한 멀티미디어 전용 명령어를 명령어 집합에 추가하였다. 이렇게 설계한 고속 H.264/AVC 복호화기는 사이클 기반 시뮬레이터에서 성능을 측정한 결과 기존 대비 약 35%의 복호화 사이클 감소를 보였다. 추가적인 성능 향상을 위해, 앞서 설계한 고속복호화기를 여러 개 사용하여 병렬 H.264/AVC 복호화기를 설계하였다. 병렬 복호화기는 여러 매크로블록을 동시에 복호화 처리함으로써 복호화기의 성능을 대폭 향상시켰다. 병렬 복호화기는 고속 복호화기 대비 약 75%의 복호화 사이클이 감소하였다. 이에 고해상도 동영상의 실시간 복호화를 위한 H.264/AVC 고속 병렬 복호화기의 설계 방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.333-340
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• 2017

In this paper, we describe HW/SW co-optimizations for reconfigurable application specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs). Based on our previous very long instruction word (VLIW) ASIP, the proposed framework realizes various forward error-correction (FEC) algorithms for wireless communication systems. In order to enhance the energy efficiency, we newly introduce several design methodologies including high-radix algorithms, task-level out-of-order executions, and intensive resource allocations with loop-level rescheduling. The case study on the radix-4 turbo decoding shows that the proposed techniques improve the energy efficiency by 3.7 times compared to the previous architecture.