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Efficient load balancing techniques for image analysis on an M-SIMD machine
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Zheng, Y., Kerbyson, D. J. and Nudd, G. R. (1992) Efficient load balancing techniques for image analysis on an M-SIMD machine. University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science. (Department of Computer Science research report). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The computational requirements for the real time processing of image sequences is sufficiently high that some form of parallel hardware is essential. In the analysis of a sequence of images the areas of interest are moving objects which usually occupy only small distinct areas within the full field of view. A single instruction multiple data (SIMD) machine has considerable advantages for these types of operations where there is a high requirement for data parallel processing. However, on conventional SIMD machines, only the processors to which the moving objects are mapped onto have significant work-load. The remaining processors are idle during most of the processing period resulting in significant load imbalance and poor utilisation. We describe here load balancing techniques for a Multiple-SIMD (M-SIMD) machine, consisting of a number of small conventional SIMD arrays (patches) connected together to form a larger M-SIMD array. Each SIMD patch can perform independent computations. Using the M-SIMD configuration idle processors can be re-allocated to process active regions of other images from an image sequence or from multiple sensors, significantly increasing the throughput and flexibility of the system. A TvotingU algorithm is presented for the calculation of the minimum number of patches the object is mapped onto along with a heuristic (near optimum) patch allocation process.
| Item Type: | Report | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Image analysis, SIMD (Computer architecture), Parallel processing (Electronic computers) | ||||
| Series Name: | Department of Computer Science research report | ||||
| Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science | ||||
| Official Date: | June 1992 | ||||
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| Number: | Number 214 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
| DOI: | CS-RR-214 | ||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Department of Computer Science | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Funder: | Strategic Defense Initiative Institute (U.S.), United States. Office of Naval Research | ||||
| Grant number: | N00014-82-K-0154 (ONR), N00014-89-J-1980 (ONR) | ||||
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