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KAWASAKI STEEL TECHNICAL REPORT
No.27 ( November 1992 )
Hot-Rolled, Cold-Rolled and
Surface Coated Steel Sheets
and Electronics and Instrumentation

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Image Processing System with a New Systolic Array LSI

Akira Ichinose, Kenji Suzuki, Yoshinori Wakimoto, Mitsuru Yanagisawa, Yuichiro Asano
Synopsis :
A LSI with a new type of systolic array was developed jointly by Kawasaki Steel and HNC, Inc. for image processing applications. This LSI is capable of performing convolution operations with a kernel larger than its own 8~8 array. The image size can be adjusted up to 4 096~4 096 pixels as required, which avoids the normal restrictions involved in processing images of various sizes and with variable-sized kernels. A new high-performance image processing system is now being developed to exploit the capability of this LSI in combination with a general-purpose RISC processor. Modular design for both the software and hardware gives the system outstanding expandability and flexibility of application.
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