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Convolution Engine
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Convolution Engine: Balancing Efficiency and Flexibility in Specialized Computing

We present the Convolution Engine (CE) — a programmable processor specialized for the convolution-like data-flow prevalent in computational photography, computer... Wajahat Qadeer, Rehan Hameed, Ofer Shacham, Preethi Venkatesan, Christos Kozyrakis, Mark Horowitz
From Communications of the ACM | April 2015
The Frankencamera
From Communications of the ACM

The Frankencamera: An Experimental Platform For Computational Photography

Progress in computational photography has been hampered by the lack of a portable, programmable camera with sufficient image quality and computing power. To address... Andrew Adams, David E. Jacobs, Jennifer Dolson, Marius Tico, Kari Pulli, Eino-Ville Talvala, Boris Ajdin, Daniel Vaquero, Hendrik P. A. Lensch, Mark Horowitz, Sung Hee Park, Natasha Gelfand, Jongmin Baek, Wojciech Matusik, Marc Levoy
From Communications of the ACM | November 2012
Understanding Sources of Ineffciency in General-Purpose Chips
From Communications of the ACM

Understanding Sources of Ineffciency in General-Purpose Chips

To better understand what improvement in processor efficiency is possible, we quantify the performance and energy overheads of a 720p HD H.264 encoder running on... Rehan Hameed, Wajahat Qadeer, Megan Wachs, Omid Azizi, Alex Solomatnikov, Benjamin C. Lee, Stephen Richardson, Christos Kozyrakis, Mark Horowitz
From Communications of the ACM | October 2011
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