|
Improving your image
|
07/12/2007
|
| |
High end image processing has long been the domain of specialised and proprietary hardware. While this approach has delivered the required performance, it comes with some important drawbacks. First is that development of proprietary hardware is expensive and time consuming. Second is that the software (or firmware) is generally not portable and, with every change of hardware platform, the software needs to be significantly recoded and retested.
To a certain extent, the use of proprietary systems has been unavoidable, given the complexity of the required computations and practical limits on processing time. However, as standards based systems continue to increase in performance, more and more image processing applications become possible on these platforms. By augmenting general purpose systems with application specific accelerators, it is possible to design versatile and economical image processing solutions.
The advantages of standards based systems over proprietary ones are significant. Software investments can be preserved from one generation to the next. System designers can tap into a large pool of available hardware design and software programming talent. Finally, component parts are generally available at much lower cost. The end result is that products reach the market faster and at lower cost.
|
| |
Author
Michael Reunert
|
| |
| |
|
This material is protected by Findlay Publications copyright 2008.
See Terms and Conditions.
One-off usage is permitted but bulk copying is not.
For multiple copies contact the sales team.
|
| |
|
| Email this article |
| |
|
|
|
|