{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2106414698","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsvt.2009.2031524","title":"VisoMT: A Collaborative Multithreading Multicore Processor for Multimedia Applications With a Fast Data Switching Mechanism","display_name":"VisoMT: A Collaborative Multithreading Multicore Processor for Multimedia Applications With a Fast Data Switching Mechanism","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-09-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2106414698","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsvt.2009.2031524","mag":"2106414698"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcsvt.2009.2031524","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsvt.2009.2031524","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115173108","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology","issn_l":"1051-8215","issn":["1051-8215","1558-2205"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091003184","display_name":"Wei-Chun Ku","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Wei-Chun Ku","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047132828","display_name":"Shu-Hsuan Chou","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shu-Hsuan Chou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065200942","display_name":"Jui-Chin Chu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jui-Chin Chu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Chi-Lin Liu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chi-Lin Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056256074","display_name":"Tien-Fu Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6925-893X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tien-Fu Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102243349","display_name":"Jiun-In Guo","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiun-In Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5027661271","display_name":"Jinn\u2010Shyan Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7638-0802"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148099254","display_name":"National Chung Cheng University","ror":"https://ror.org/0028v3876","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jinn-Shyan Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Information Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":7,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091003184"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148099254"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.536,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.6791292,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"19","issue":"11","first_page":"1633","last_page":"1645"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10741","display_name":"Video Coding and Compression Technologies","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11181","display_name":"Advanced Data Storage Technologies","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8639969229698181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multithreading","display_name":"Multithreading","score":0.8336892127990723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thread","display_name":"Thread (computing)","score":0.7588077783584595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multi-core-processor","display_name":"Multi-core processor","score":0.5958541035652161},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-architecture","display_name":"Computer architecture","score":0.5352708697319031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/instruction-set","display_name":"Instruction set","score":0.48815375566482544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simultaneous-multithreading","display_name":"Simultaneous multithreading","score":0.46459126472473145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/exploit","display_name":"Exploit","score":0.4517868161201477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/parallel-computing","display_name":"Parallel computing","score":0.4086092710494995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.32051777839660645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.23348936438560486}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8639969229698181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201410400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064412","display_name":"Multithreading","level":3,"score":0.8336892127990723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138101251","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213092","display_name":"Thread (computing)","level":2,"score":0.7588077783584595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78766204","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555032","display_name":"Multi-core processor","level":2,"score":0.5958541035652161},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118524514","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173212","display_name":"Computer architecture","level":1,"score":0.5352708697319031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202491316","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272683","display_name":"Instruction set","level":2,"score":0.48815375566482544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85717602","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82178","display_name":"Simultaneous multithreading","level":4,"score":0.46459126472473145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165696696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11287","display_name":"Exploit","level":2,"score":0.4517868161201477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173608175","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232661","display_name":"Parallel computing","level":1,"score":0.4086092710494995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.32051777839660645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.23348936438560486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcsvt.2009.2031524","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsvt.2009.2031524","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115173108","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology","issn_l":"1051-8215","issn":["1051-8215","1558-2205"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1500796206","https://openalex.org/W1510414226","https://openalex.org/W1540787490","https://openalex.org/W1546062974","https://openalex.org/W2000351691","https://openalex.org/W2006347155","https://openalex.org/W2011900848","https://openalex.org/W2012252449","https://openalex.org/W2022740893","https://openalex.org/W2037630885","https://openalex.org/W2051598123","https://openalex.org/W2086509751","https://openalex.org/W2100304243","https://openalex.org/W2101982421","https://openalex.org/W2112085716","https://openalex.org/W2113751407","https://openalex.org/W2123383144","https://openalex.org/W2127306778","https://openalex.org/W2152687294","https://openalex.org/W2156139954","https://openalex.org/W2162018717","https://openalex.org/W2178304631","https://openalex.org/W2534503234","https://openalex.org/W4237924690","https://openalex.org/W4241388180","https://openalex.org/W4244583165","https://openalex.org/W4247264372","https://openalex.org/W4255229080","https://openalex.org/W4255445740","https://openalex.org/W6650298003"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2115561485","https://openalex.org/W1985089255","https://openalex.org/W2153202644","https://openalex.org/W2380961080","https://openalex.org/W2010970156","https://openalex.org/W2294358097","https://openalex.org/W4235861380","https://openalex.org/W2106625514","https://openalex.org/W2482815832","https://openalex.org/W2133675875"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"<para":[0],"xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"":[1],"xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">":[2],"Multithreading":[3],"and":[4,28,95,132,207,215,223,246,273,303,342,357],"multicore":[5,63],"processing":[6,100,135,254,275],"are":[7,36],"powerful":[8],"ways":[9],"to":[10,19,70,104,108,113,168,190,282],"take":[11],"advantage":[12],"of":[13,50,73,118,221,236,327,345],"parallelism":[14,27,107],"in":[15,17,41,60,102,171,239,258],"applications":[16,77],"order":[18,103],"boost":[20],"a":[21,51,61,124,141,146,155,196,203,219,240,298,307],"system's":[22],"performance.":[23],"However,":[24],"exploring":[25],"sufficient":[26,110],"achieving":[29],"data":[30,53,130,148,170,187,213,237],"locality":[31],"with":[32,78,269],"low":[33],"communication":[34,209,214],"overhead":[35],"still":[37],"important":[38],"research":[39],"issues":[40],"embedded":[42],"multithreading/multicore":[43],"design.":[44],"This":[45,65],"paper":[46,66],"introduces":[47],"the":[48,71,172,234,270,283,311,328],"design":[49,296],"fast":[52,142,147],"switching":[54],"mechanism":[55,150],"between":[56],"multilevel":[57],"storage":[58],"structures":[59],"new":[62],"architecture.":[64],"makes":[67],"several":[68],"contributions":[69],"development":[72],"contemporary":[74],"sophisticated":[75],"multimedia":[76],"advanced":[79],"standards":[80],"such":[81],"as":[82,175,177,297,306],"H.264.":[83],"The":[84,324,351],"first":[85],"contribution,":[86],"<emphasis":[87,162,197],"emphasistype=\"italic\">collaborative-multithreading</emphasis>,":[88],"tightly":[89],"unifies":[90],"reduced":[91],"instruction":[92],"set":[93],"computer":[94],"collaborative":[96,116,278],"multithreading":[97,126,279],"digital":[98],"signal":[99],"(DSP)":[101],"exploit":[105],"high":[106],"provide":[109],"computing":[111],"power":[112],"applications.":[114],"Each":[115],"thread":[117,204],"our":[119,243,295],"DSP":[120],"is":[121,138,161,181,195,331],"constructed":[122],"by":[123,140,256,276,300,361],"heterogeneous-simultaneously":[125],"single":[127],"instruction,":[128],"multiple":[129],"structure,":[131],"four":[133],"media":[134],"cores,":[136],"which":[137,166],"connected":[139],"switch":[143],"for":[144,174,211],"providing":[145],"exchange":[149,238],"among":[151],"correlative":[152],"streams":[153],"on":[154,233,310],"thread-level":[156],"basis.":[157],"Our":[158,192],"second":[159],"contribution":[160,194],"emphasistype=\"italic\">one-stop":[163],"streaming":[164,274],"processing</emphasis>,":[165],"aims":[167],"keep":[169],"system":[173],"long":[176],"possible":[178],"until":[179],"it":[180,305],"no":[182],"longer":[183],"needed,":[184],"thus":[185],"making":[186],"more":[188],"efficient":[189],"access.":[191],"third":[193],"emphasistype=\"italic\">chunk":[198],"threading":[199,208,230],"programming":[200,249],"model</emphasis>,":[201],"including":[202,337],"management":[205],"library":[206],"directives":[210],"reducing":[212],"synchronization":[216],"overhead.":[217],"By":[218],"combination":[220],"coarse-grained":[222],"fine-grained":[224],"threading,":[225],"programmers":[226],"can":[227,252],"choose":[228],"various":[229],"levels":[231],"based":[232,309],"amount":[235],"program.":[241],"With":[242],"proposed":[244],"techniques":[245],"an":[247],"appropriate":[248],"model,":[250],"we":[251],"reduce":[253],"time":[255],"54.9%":[257],"H.264":[259],"video":[260,265],"encoding":[261],"(common":[262],"intermediate":[263],"format":[264],"at":[266,354],"16.574":[267],"f/s)":[268],"1-virtual":[271],"independent":[272],"open":[277],"configuration,":[280],"compared":[281],"Texas":[284],"Instruments":[285],"C62":[286],"core":[287,330],"that":[288],"owns":[289],"8":[290],"function":[291],"units.":[292],"We":[293],"realize":[294],"prototype":[299],"chip":[301,308],"implementation,":[302],"fabricate":[304],"Taiwan":[312],"Semiconductor":[313],"Manufacturing":[314],"Company":[315],"Ltd.":[316],"0.13":[317],"<formula":[318,333],"formulatype=\"inline\"><tex":[319,334],"Notation=\"TeX\">$\\mu":[320],"{\\rm":[321],"m}$</tex></formula>":[322],"process.":[323],"die":[325],"size":[326],"processor":[329,352],"16.12":[332],"Notation=\"TeX\">${\\rm":[335],"mm}^{2}$</tex></formula>,":[336],"414":[338],"k":[339],"logic":[340],"transistors":[341],"34.4":[343],"kB":[344],"on-chip":[346],"static":[347],"random":[348],"access":[349],"memory.":[350],"runs":[353],"180":[355],"MH0z/1.2-V":[356],"consumes":[358],"245":[359],"mW":[360],"postsimulation":[362],"results.":[363],"</para>":[364]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-17T18:11:37.981687","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}