A performance characterization of high definition digital video decoding using H.264/AVC

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization, IISWC-2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 24-33

  Alvarez, Mauricio ^a   Salamí, Esther ^a   Ramirez, Alex ^a   Valero, Mateo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CODING EFFICIENCY; HARDWARE PERFORMANCE MONITORING; HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL VIDEO DECODING;

DECODING;

EID: 33749063970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IISWC.2005.1525998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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