Several of the SuperMac display adapters come equipped with DSPs (digital signal processors) to accelerate image-processing algorithms. The SuperMac DSP-based PhotoFlash architecture uses two AT&T DSP16A chips. SuperMac provides software to speed up existing Adobe Photoshop image-processing filters and to add new filters, including a new motion-blur filter. JPEG operations are significantly accelerated, even on a Mac Quadra 840AV, using Storm Technology's QuickPress. Using QuickPress makes JPEG practical for 160- by 120-pixel video editing using QuickTime editors such as Adobe Premiere.
Graph: Displaying a JPEG-Compressed Picture
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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DSP Acceleration
