한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지 (Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information)

  • 제16권8호
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  • Pages.119-128
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  • 2011
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  • 1598-849X(pISSN)
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  • 2383-9945(eISSN)
한국컴퓨터정보학회 (Korean Society of Computer Information)
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모바일 초음파 영상신호의 빔포밍 기법을 위한 최적의 매니코어 프로세서 구현

Implementation of an Optimal Many-core Processor for Beamforming Algorithm of Mobile Ultrasound Image Signals

  • 최병국 (울산대학교 전기공학부) ;
  • 김종면 (울산대학교 전기공학부)
  • 투고 : 2011.03.21
  • 심사 : 2011.04.16
  • 발행 : 2011.08.31
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본 논문에서는 모바일 초음파(mobile ultrasound) 영상신호의 빔포밍 알고리즘에서 요구되는 고성능 및 저전력을 만족시키는 매니코어 프로세서에 대한 디자인 공간 탐색 방법을 소개한다. 매니코어 프로세서의 디자인 공간 탐색을 위해 매니코어의 각 프로세싱 엘리먼트(Processing Element, PE)당 초음파 영상신호 데이터의 수를 변화시키는 실험을 통해 실행시간, 에너지 효율 및 시스템 면적 효율을 측정하고, 측정된 결과를 바탕으로 최적의 매니코어 프로세서 구조를 선택하였다. 모의실험 결과, PE 개수가 4096일 때 에너지 효율이 가장 높았으며, PE 개수가 1024일 때 가장 높은 시스템 면적 효율을 보였다. 또한, PE 개수가 4096인 매니코어 아키텍처는 초음파 영상장치에 가장 많이 사용되는 TI DSP C6416보다 각각 에너지 효율에서 46배, 시스템 면적 효율에서 10배의 향상을 보였다.

This paper introduces design space exploration of many-core processors that meet high performance and low power required by the beamforming algorithm of image signals of mobile ultrasound. For the design space exploration of the many-core processor, we mapped different number of ultrasound image data to each processing element of many-core, and then determined an optimal many-core processor architecture in terms of execution time, energy efficiency and area efficiency. Experimental results indicate that PE=4096 and 1024 provide the highest energy efficiency and area efficiency, respectively. In addition, PE=4096 achieves 46x and 10x better than TI DSP C6416, which is widely used for ultrasound image devices, in terms of energy efficiency and area efficiency, respectively.

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