Multi-core MPEG-4 video encode partitioning

Partitioning a video-encoding algorithm onto a multi-core architecture can utilize a variety of techniques, including data partitioning and pipelining. Cradle Technologies explains them, and how to do MPEG-4 Baseline Profile implementation on their multi-core CT3600 processor family.

By Laurent Bonetto, Ram Natarajan, and Dr. R K Singh, Cradle Technologies
October 06, 2006 -- videsignline.com

Partitioning video processing algorithms onto multi-core architectures has been researched for decades, and over this time several techniques of varying efficiency have been developed to divide up the work among the processors. Let's take a closer look at some of these techniques, and see how video processing poses unique challenges to the multi-core processor.

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