INF5063 Asymmetric Multicore Challenge 2013
The Asymmetric multicore challenge is a competition open for students in the INF5063 and INF9063 course. Each contestant compete in encoding the tractor or foreman video as fast as possible on the GPU and the Cell Broadband Engine. Contestants may submit an entry to one or both architectures. Entries are delivered by a group consisting of one or two students.
Rules:
- Both GPU and Cell entries are eligible and will be judged separately.
- Submit your entry to inf5063@ifi.uio.no
- Encoded video must not deviate significantly from the reference encoder (precode). This includes both output file size and subjective video and prediction quality. Failure to comply will result in a time penalty. If your are unsure if your entry will incur a penalty, send us a version in advance for assessment.
- Results will be announced in the session on December 5th, and both the winner of the GPU architecture and CBE architecture competition will be awarded.
- Entries will be benchmarked on bender.ndlab.net (GeForce GTX 680) and a standard PS3s.
- Cell entries will be tested with foreman, GPU entries tested with tractor.
- Motion estimation and other algorithms may not be changed.
- Quality parameters should be the same as in precode.
To check if the output video quality differs from the reference implementation, you can use the psnr-script included in the mplayer source.
Deadline for competition entry submission is by noon, Wednesday December 4th.
Winners:
The INF5063 team wants to congratulate the winners of the "2013 INF5063 Asymmetric Multicore Challenge"
Cell Broadband Engine:
Kenneth Klette Jonassen
nVIDIA GeForce GPU:
Ragnar Langseth & Emil Moxheim