MediaBench II video: Expediting the next generation of video systems research

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-318

  Fritts, Jason E ^a   Steiling, Frederick W ^b   Tucek, Joseph A ^c   Wolf, Wayne ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alcotek Inc   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Media processors; MediaBench; Multimedia benchmarks; Processor design; Workload evaluation

Indexed keywords

MEDIA PROCESSORS; MEDIABENCH; MULTIMEDIA BENCHMARKS; PROCESSOR DESIGN; WORKLOAD EVALUATION;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; PROGRAM COMPILERS; RESEARCH; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 65649102660     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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