Pipeline Processor Configuration Study.
Abstract
The pipeline processor configuration study (ppcs) resulted in a high-performance processor system design for automatic screening and image exploitation systems. Key to the success of this design effort was combining the pipelining and parallel processing techniques to overcome typical system problems such as data throughput (I/O) and algorithm flexibility (programmability). The design combines subsystem components that are either already in existence or are currently under development into a system that contains many features not found in any other exploitation system described in the literature. For example, not only can the system process data at over 150 mbits per second, but it can also handle multiple-sensor data from different sensor types in an interleaved (time shared) manner at these rates. Thus, much lower exploitation system development and life cycle costs are possible with this one common auto screening system. Since it is 100 percent programmable, it can also accommodate new algorithms and approaches to target recognition such as multiple (group) target analysis. The results of an image exploitation algorithm analysis and a hardware technology analysis are reported as well as the PPCS system design and a typical mode of automatic screening operation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA108767
Entities
People
- J. L. Potter
- J. R. Wiseman
Organizations
- Goodyear Aerospace