A low-power multimedia soC with fully programmable 3D graphics for mobile devices

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 82-90

  Woo, Jeong Ho ^a   Sohn, Ju Ho ^b   Kim, Hyejung ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D graphics; Low power design; Mobile multimedia SoC; Mobile unified shader; Programmable

Indexed keywords

3D GRAPHICS; LOW-POWER DESIGN; MOBILE MULTIMEDIA SOC; MOBILE UNIFIED SHADER; PROGRAMMABLE;

LIGHTING; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; MULTIMEDIA; POWER SUPPLY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MULTIMEDIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349204356     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2009.88     Document Type: Article

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