INF5063 Asymmetric Multicore Challenge 2015
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 4K video as fast as possible on the x86 SIMD, GPU and systems connected with Dolphin. Contestants may submit an entry to one, two or all architectures. Entries are delivered by a group consisting of one or two students.
Rules:
- Both GPU, x86 SIMD and Dolphin systems 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 November 24th, and both the winner of the GPU architecture, x86 SIMD architecture and Dolphin competition will be awarded.
- Entries will be benchmarked on standard lab hardware.
- x86 SIMD and GPU entries will be tested with the tractor test sequence (1080p). Dolphin entries will be tested with the foreman 4K test sequence (UltraHD / 4K).
- 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, Monday November 23rd.