Description
Book Synopsis
Codesign for Real-Time Video Applications describes a modern design approach for embedded systems. It combines the design of hardware, software, and algorithms. Traditionally, these design domains are treated separately to reduce the design complexity. Advanced design tools support a codesign of the different domains which opens an opportunity for exploiting synergetic effects.
The design approach is illustrated by the design of a video compression system. It is integrated into the video card of a PC. A VLIW processor architecture is used as the basis of the compression system and popular video compression algorithms (MPEG, JPEG, H.261) are analyzed. A complete top-down design flow is presented and the design tools for each of the design steps are explained.
The tools are integrated into an HTML-based design framework. The resulting design data can
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. 2. Design Project: Video Compression System. 3. Design Methodology. 4. Quantitative Analysis. 5. Design Tools. 6. HTML-Based Codesign Framework. 7. Results. 8. Conclusions. References.
