Computing RAMs for media processing

Duncan Elliott; W. Martin Snelgrove; Christian Cojocaru; Michael Stumm

doi:10.1117/12.263527

17 January 1997 Computing RAMs for media processing

Duncan Elliott, W. Martin Snelgrove, Christian Cojocaru, Michael Stumm

Proceedings Volume 3021, Multimedia Hardware Architectures 1997; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263527
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Integrating processing elements in DRAM makes very large bus widths available: at least 2K processing elements fit in a 4 Mb chip or 4 K in a 16 Mb DRAM. The processors can add an area overhead as low as 10% and power overhead of about 10 - 25%. To get these efficiencies, the processors have to be pitch-matched to the DRAM. Interprocessor communication is also severely limited, especially when going 'off-chip' while retaining low-cost packaging. These 'computing RAMs' (C$CCLRAM) can form the main memory for SISD or MIMD hosts, making their contributions to the computing load scalable. The SIMD nature of C$CCLRAM matches large image-processing tasks with high uniformity and locality of reference, making real-time DCT, anti-aliasing and a variety of transformations available at the low cost required for consumer applications. Even given a PE 'budget' of 70 - 200 transistors, and with the limited interconnect characteristic of low-cost DRAM, there are quite a few architectural choices available to the computer architect. These can be made to favor the data widths and operations needed for image processing while retaining good generality.

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Duncan Elliott, W. Martin Snelgrove, Christian Cojocaru, and Michael Stumm "Computing RAMs for media processing", Proc. SPIE 3021, Multimedia Hardware Architectures 1997, (17 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263527

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