Report of research results

The high throughput and the low power consumption required for streaming

processing on mobile devices requires the usage of Application Specific

Instruction-set Processors (ASIP) and the static scheduling approach. The main

goal of the work is to develop a methodology for the automatic synthesis of

ASIPs for multimedia processing, reducing the amount of hardware required by

multiplexing and (re)configuring part of the logic circuits. These segments of

logic circuits and units can be implemented using configurable hardware

devices integrated on programmable processors, altogether supporting low-power

ASIPs. The methodology to be investigated will include search algorithms for

obtaining sub-optimal solutions in the space of parameters, which includes

speed, power consumption and circuit area. Results of this research will be

used to comparatively evaluate other configurable architectures proposed for

this type of applications, such as programmable augmented and fabric based

architectures.

The PhD student will visit Delft for 6 months. The funding will cover his travel and some of the living costs.