Power optimization methodology for multimedia applications implementation on reconfigurable platforms

Abstract

A methodology for the power-efficient implementation of multimedia kernels based on reconfigurable hardware (FPGA) is introduced. The methodology combines various types of algorithmic transformations and high-level memory hierarchy exploration with register-transfer level design and implementation. An FPGA with an external memory was used for obtaining experimental results which prove the viability of the methodology. Comparisons among implementations with and without this optimization, prove that great power efficiency is achieved. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.