Ricoh Ri20 Series "Middlewarized" Image Processor
Offers Unexperienced Flexibility to Developers
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A digital copier/multifunctional machine needs a lot of computing power to process massive quantity of image data within seconds. Conventionally ASIC *1 and FPGA *2 are used to address this performance requirement. However, the dependency on hard-coded hardware poses the stumbling block to fast, flexible changes of specification and implementation of the latest algorithm.
To eliminate this hardware dependency, Ricoh introduced Ri10 in 2001 with the unique "Middlewarization" design that enables software-based real-time image processing. Ricoh's new Ri20 series image processor, featuring powerful super-parallel SIMD *3 core, offers all the power that the most demanding image processing system needs to have, together with programming ease by using the SDK. Ri20 offers system designers with unexperienced freedom and flexibility in the course of system development, thus helping developers to dramatically shorten a development cycle and cut down the cost.
Ricoh's Ri20 series image processor is a perfect pick for medical equipment, testing/inspection system, image scanner and photo image processing unit, where high resolution and high speed image processing capabilities is of the utmost importance.
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352-PE *4 Super Parallel SIMD engine boasting 84.5 GOPS *5 peak power |
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Multi-processor ready scalability for more demanding systems |
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All-in-one single chip solution for high-end imaging systems |
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1.1 inch square small footprint in 336-pin plastic BGA package |
Note
*1: ASIC - Application Specific IC
*2: FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
*3: SIMD: Single Instruction stream Multiple Data stream
*4: PE - Processor Element
*5: GOPS - Giga Operations Per Second
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