Multimedia Multiprocessor Systems: Analysis, Design and Management (Hardcover, 2010)

Preface. 1. TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS. 1 Trends in Multimedia Systems Applications. 2 Trends in Multimedia Systems Design. 3 Key Challenges in Multimedia Systems Design. 4 Design Flow. 5 Book Overview. 2. APPLICATION MODELING AND SCHEDULING. 1 Application Model and Specification. 2 Introduction to SDF Graphs. 3 Comparison of Dataflow Models. 4 Performance Modeling. 5 Scheduling Techniques for Dataflow Graphs. 6 Analyzing Application Performance on Hardware. 7 Composability. 8 Static vs Dynamic Ordering. 9 Conclusions. 3. PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION. 1 Basic Probabilistic Analysis. 2 Iterative Analysis. 3 Experiments. 4 Suggested Readings. 5 Conclusions. 4. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. 1 Off-line Derivation of Properties. 2 On-line Resource Manager. 3 Achieving Predictability through Suspension. 4 Experiments. 5 Suggested Readings. 6 Conclusions. 5. MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS. 1 Performance Evaluation Framework. 2 MAMPS Flow Overview. 3 Tool Implementation. 4 Experiments and Results. 5 Suggested Readings. 6 Conclusions. 6. MULTIPLE USE-CASES SYSTEM DESIGN. 1 Merging Multiple Use-cases. 2 Use-case Partitioning. 3 Estimating Area: Does it Fit? 4 Experiments and Results. 5 Suggested Readings. 6 Conclusions. 7. CONCLUSIONS AND OPEN PROBLEMS. 1 Conclusions. 2 Open Problems. References. Index.