Mark Horowitz – Communications of the ACM

Research and Advances Apr 1 2015

Convolution Engine: Balancing Efficiency and Flexibility in Specialized Computing

We present the Convolution Engine (CE) — a programmable processor specialized for the convolution-like data-flow prevalent in computational photography, computer vision, and video processing.

Architecture and Hardware

Author Archives

Research and Advances Nov 1 2012

The Frankencamera: An Experimental Platform For Computational Photography

Progress in computational photography has been hampered by the lack of a portable, programmable camera with sufficient image quality and computing power. To address this problem, we have designed and implemented the Frankencamera.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Practice Apr 1 2012

CPU DB: Recording Microprocessor History

With the open CPU DB database, you can mine microprocessor trends over the past 40 years.

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Oct 1 2011

Understanding Sources of Ineffciency in General-Purpose Chips

To better understand what improvement in processor efficiency is possible, we quantify the performance and energy overheads of a 720p HD H.264 encoder running on a CMP system. We explore methods to eliminate these overheads by transforming the CPU into a specialized system for H.264 encoding.

Architecture and Hardware

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