Course detail

Graphic and Multimedia Processors

FIT-GMUAcad. year: 2018/2019

Introduction, basic concepts. Graphic system architecture, CUDA. OpenCL. OpenGL. Computation optimization. Memory management. Unified memory. Color models, CIE, TV standards. Graphic pipeline, paralelizatiom. Graphical systems SGI, GF7800 and next systems. Logic enhanced memories. MM systems, MMX, SSE, AVX. Mobile  systems. Game consoles. Approximate computation. Energy aware computations. Texture mapping and compression. Pixel interpolation. Digital cameras, QR codes. Black and white images.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vladimír Drábek, CSc.

Department

Department of Computer Systems (UPSY)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will get knowledge of graphic systems architecture, hardware support for graphical and multimedia operations and programming them in OpenCL, OpenGL  and CUDA environment.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Passing labs and finishing the project.
Exam prerequisites:
Passing labs and finishing the project. Min 10 points.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To give the students the outline of the evolution of graphic and multimedia systems architecture, the hardware support and software implementation of graphical and multimedia operations, image processing and compression, and making use of OpenCL and OpenGL languages for image information processing, optimization of the computation. New CUDA tool for programming GPGPU. Approximate computation. MM systems, mobile systems, energy aware systems.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Passing labs and finishing the project. Substitution according to the decision of a teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Actual literature, patents  and product white papers.
Lecture notes in e-format.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-MSC-2 Master's

    branch MBI , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch MSK , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch MMM , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch MBS , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch MPV , 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MIS , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch MIN , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch MGM , 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Tomáš Milet, Ph.D.
Ing. Michal Kula, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Vladimír Drábek, CSc.

Syllabus

  • Introduction, basic concepts. Graphic system architecture, OpenCL. CUDA. Vulcan. OpenGL-CL cooperation, shaders.   
  • Introduction to up-date GPU architectures, OpenCL library.
  • Memory model, profiling.
  • Mapping of algorithms onto GPU, optimization.
  • Memory transfers, advanced optimization techniques.
  • Color models, CIE, TV standards. Graphical systems, pipeline and parallelization.
  • Logic enhanced memories.
  • Advanced raster graphic architecture. Graphical systems SGI. 
  • Graphic multiprocessors  GF7800, 8800.
  • GPGPU - Tesla T8, Fermi, Tesla P100, Pascal, Titan GTX 1080, Echelon, Turing.
  • Memory management, unified memory.
  • Enargy aware GPU, a mobile 363 µW.
  • Approximate computation.
  • MM systems, MMX, SSE, AVX.
  • MMP, VLIW, SoC, mobile systems.
  • Game consoles. PS4, Xbox 360, One. AMD APU. 
  • Texture mapping and compression. Pixel interpolation. 
  • Black and white images.
  • Digital cameras, QR codes. 

Exercise in computer lab

8 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Kula, Ph.D.
Ing. Tomáš Milet, Ph.D.
Ing. Václav Šimek

Syllabus

  • 12 points
    1. Introduction to OpenCL
    2. OpenCL memory model
    3. Communication between OpenCL and OpenGL
    4. Parallelization using OpenGL

Project

18 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Václav Šimek
Ing. Michal Kula, Ph.D.
Ing. Tomáš Milet, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Individual project assignment, 28 points.