High-performance real-time OS framework for low-power applications. Wireless network adapters, as they are being developed by Cisco, will find widespread use in the near future, as they are the basis of all mobile or otherwise disconnected intelligent devices. These devices must process data very rapidly, yet operate with minimal power consumption. We will develop operating system kernels that will support the secure, efficient and protected execution of the core processing firmware, and provide ....High-performance real-time OS framework for low-power applications. Wireless network adapters, as they are being developed by Cisco, will find widespread use in the near future, as they are the basis of all mobile or otherwise disconnected intelligent devices. These devices must process data very rapidly, yet operate with minimal power consumption. We will develop operating system kernels that will support the secure, efficient and protected execution of the core processing firmware, and provide application frameworks for the controlling higher software layers. We will also investigate and design hardware mechanisms that support the software while keeping power consumption minimal.Read moreRead less
Hardware Implementation Strategies for JPEG 2000. JPEG2000 is a new image compression standard, which is expected to become the dominant format for image communications over the internet and then make inroads into consumer peripheral devices, including digital cameras, printers and scanners. The standard is fundamentally different from and much more complex than its well-known predecessor, JPEG, and there are currently no published hardware implementations. The aim of this project is to investig ....Hardware Implementation Strategies for JPEG 2000. JPEG2000 is a new image compression standard, which is expected to become the dominant format for image communications over the internet and then make inroads into consumer peripheral devices, including digital cameras, printers and scanners. The standard is fundamentally different from and much more complex than its well-known predecessor, JPEG, and there are currently no published hardware implementations. The aim of this project is to investigate a wide range of potential implementation strategies to identify those which are able to minimize the consumption of various resources, including memory consumption, memory bandwidth, chip area and processing latency.Read moreRead less