Area and Energy Efficient Viterbi Accelerator for Embedded Processor Datapaths
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Computer Science & Applications - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Viterbi algorithm is widely used in communication systems to efficiently decode the convolutional codes. This algorithm is used in many applications including cellular and satellite communication systems. Moreover, Serializer-deserializers (SERDESs) having critical latency constraint also use viterbi algorithm for hardware implementation. We present the integration of a mixed hardware/software viterbi accelerator unit with an embedded processor datapath to enhance the processor performance in terms of execution time and energy efficiency. Later we investigate the performance of viterbi accelerated embedded processor datapath in terms of execution time and energy efficiency. Our evaluation shows that the viterbi accelerated Microblaze soft-core embedded processor datapath is three times more cycle and energy efficient than a datapath lacking a viterbi accelerator unit. This acceleration is achieved at the cost of some area overhead.
Authors and Affiliations
Abdul Rehman Buzdar, Liguo Sun, Muhammad Waqar Azhar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Rao Kashif
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