Glossaries
3D Graphics | Three Dimensional Graphics |
AAL | Address Alignment Logic |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
ALU | Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
API | Application Programming Interfaces |
ARM | Advanced RISC Machine; a popular embedded processor |
ARM9 | ARM processor with ARM v5instuction set |
ARM11 | ARM processor with ARM v6 instruction set |
DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
DSP | Digital Signal Processor |
DVFS | Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling |
GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
HSR | Hidden Surface Removal |
HW | Hardware |
IP | Intellectual Property |
ISP | Image Signal Processor |
KAIST | Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
LOD | Level of Detail |
MIPS | Million Instructions per Second |
NoC | Network-on-Chip |
OpenGL | Open Graphics Library |
PC | Personal Computer |
PIM | Personal Information Management |
RAMP | RAM + Processor; a GPU architecture developed by KAIST |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
RTL | Register Transfer Level |
SERDES | SERializer and DESerializer |
SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
SoC | System-on-a-Chip |
SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
SW | Software |
TBR | Tile Based Rendering |
TnL | Transform and Lighting |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
VSLI | Very Large Scaled Integration |
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