| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M89225/01 |
| Title: |
MIXED PARALLEL PARADIGM SERVERS (MIPPS) FOR MULTIMEDIA |
| Principal Investigator: |
Fleury, Dr M |
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| Department: |
Computing and Electronic Systems1 |
| Organisation: |
University of Essex |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
03 October 2000 |
Ends: |
02 October 2003 |
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53,249
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| Parallel Computing |
System on Chip |
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A new generation of multimedia servers is needed to support complex input/analysis systems with thin clients. As the processing needs will change over time it may be unwise to have too fixed a structure. A multi-mode and multi-phased software architecture as proposed in MiPPS is appropriate to the new class of problem. MiPPS aims to provide an object-oriented programming environment that will allow message-passing and multi-threading to take place in separate phases on a shared-memory multiprocessor, thus addressing the algorithm discontinuity problem common in multimedia applications. The intention is to design an underlying software architecture which will also map onto a combination of shared-memory machine and distributed-memory network, thus linking two widely available hardware platforms under one software umbrella. When executing on a shared-memory multiprocessor, the system can be said to be simulating the alternative architecture. Speech-recognition may be in the first cohort of such applications, though applications in image analysis and computer vision can also be predicted for defence, automotive, and mobile computing. Existing parallel programming environments are unsuitable as they do not stress software engineering aspects.
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