Application domains for Philips\\` SIMD processor
Domain Areas Functions
Video • Broadcast video
• Video post production
• Broadband internet
• Cable and satellite
• HDTV and Interactive DTV • Format conversion
• Encoding
• Compression (MPEG,and video streaming)
• Noise reduction
• Image enhancement Data processing
• Databases
• Search engines Parallel processing capabilities
and associative processing
are fundamentally well suited
to this environment
Image processing • Scientific: Industrial and Medical
• Security: Fingerprint and iris recognition
• Avionics and Military • Image enhancement
• Image analysis
• Pattern recognition
• Compression
Neural networks Many areas (mainly research):
• Artificial Intelligence
• Scientific
• Military
• Robotics
• Avionics
• Military Many kind of functions using:
• Parallel processing
• Associativity
• Cylindric CAM
Infrastructure communication • 3G base station • Rake receiver
• Path tracking
Here:
US`584: Multiple Instruction Fetch
Multiple Instruction Fetch architectures are the norm in environments where limiting power consumption is critical; e.g. portable products. Various techniques can be employed to achieve the Multiple Instruction Fetch, and marketing terminology includes ``VLIW,`` ``SIMD,`` ``MIMD``, ``Superscalar,`` etc.
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