The VuSystem: A Programming System for Compute-Intensive Multimedia

Authors:
C. Lindblad, and D. L. Tennenhouse

To appear in IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, 1996.

Abstract:

In compute-intensive multimedia applications, the computer not only manipulates media, but also digests it and performs independent actions based on media content. We present a design approach that applies the programming techniques of visualization systems to the development of compute-intensive multimedia applications. We describe an implementation based on this approach, and report performance measurements that demonstrate it is practical. We conclude with a description of some applications that have been implemented and a discussion of the implications for the design and engineering of operating systems.

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