MPEG encoding on the Raw microprocessor

This work investigates the real-world application of MPEG-2 encoding on the Raw microprocessor. Much of the work involves partitioning the problem so that linear speedup can be achieved with respect to both number of Raw tiles and size of the video image being encoded. These speedups are confirmed through the use of real Raw hardware (up to 16 tiles) and the Raw simulator (up to 64 tiles). It will also be shown that processing power can be allocated at runtime, allowing a Raw system of the future to dynamically assign any number of tiles to the encoding task. In the process both the advantages and the limitations of the RAW architecture will be discussed.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• DeAngelis, Douglas J. (Douglas John)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Anant Agarwal.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35607

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/35607