Proc. IEEE Asilomar
Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,
Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2006.
Zero-copy Queues for Native Signal Processing
Using the Virtual Memory System
Gregory E. Allen,
Paul E. Zucknick
and
Brian L. Evans
Wireless Networking and
Communications Group,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78712 USA
gallen@arlut.utexas.edu -
pzucknick@mail.utexas.edu -
bevans@ece.utexas.edu
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Abstract
The high performance of current general-purpose processors
makes it feasible to perform digital signal processing on the
main CPU of a workstation.
As the performance gap between CPU speed and memory speed
continues to increase, it becomes obvious that DSP applications
on workstations must address memory performance.
We present a technique for using the virtual memory system
to implement zero-copy queues.
We present benchmark results for a frequency-domain FIR filter
using this technique, compared to manual data circularity management.
The technique presented can significantly reduce the overhead
of data management when processing continuous, overlapping streams
of data.
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