Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

1-28-2015

Abstract

Mobile system-on-chip (SOC) technology is improving at a staggering rate spurred primarily by the adoption of smartphones and tablets. This rapid innovation has allowed the mobile SOC to be considered in everything from high performance computing to embedded applications. In this work, modern SOC's heterogeneous computing capabilities are evaluated with a focus toward digital signal processing (DSP). Evaluation is conducted on modern consumer devices running Android operating system and leveraging the relatively new RenderScript Compute to utilize CPU resources alongside other compute resources such as graphics processing units (GPUs) and digital signal processors. In order to benchmark these concepts, several implementations of both the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) are tested across devices. The results show both improvement in performance and energy efficiency on many devices compared to traditional Java implementations and indicate that the mobile SOC is a relevant platform for DSP applications.

Keywords

SOC, Android, Renderscript, DFT, FFT, Power

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Computer Engineering

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Plusquellic, James

Second Committee Member

Pollard, L. Howard

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