Design and implementation of an Inflate acceleration core
Joseph C. Libby, Kenneth B. Kent · 2011
Latency found in user interfaces can seriously harm the experience of an end user. Long load times, and perceived sluggishness of systems can potentially cause users to abandon a system for one with a more responsive interface. This work will present the development of a decompression core that will be used in conjunction with Portable Network Graphics (PNGs) to accelerate the performance of a graphics intensive user interface. The goal of this project is to produce a decompression core that is capable of decompressing PNG graphics at, or above, hardware bound date transfer rates.