IEEE Micro · 1996 · 254 citations · 11 references
EngineeringRisc-style InstructionsMultimedia ProcessorComputer ArchitectureMedium ProcessingVirtual RealityVisual ComputingComputational ImagingParallel ComputingInteractive Computer GraphicDemand EnhancementsReal-time Computer GraphicVisual Instruction SetNew Media ProcessingRisc-vComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceComputer VisionImage ProcessorTechnology
UltraSparc's Visual Instruction Set, described here in detail, accelerates some widely used media-processing algorithms by as much as seven times. Today's new media, increasingly sophisticated 3D graphics environments, videoconferencing, MPEG video playback, 3D visualization, image processing, and so on, demand enhancements to conventional RISC instruction sets, which were not originally designed to handle such applications. The Visual Instruction Set (VIS) is a comprehensive set of RISC-style instructions targeted at accelerating this new media processing.
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Very high-speed computing systems
Michael Flynn · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1966 · 947 citations
Engineering, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering +19