Machine vision imaging Library makes use of GPUs

The latest Matrox Imaging Library for image analysis and machine vision takes advantage of high performance graphics processor units high performance computing clusters.

Matrox Imaging has releases its latest version of the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL): MIL 9.0.

MIL is an application development toolkit for image analysis, machine vision and medical imaging.

It can take advantage of today's extremely high performance graphics processor units (GPUs) and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters.

Now, a MIL application can be distributed across several computers over a network, be controlled remotely or in a master-slave configuration.

To help reduce the load on the host CPU, MIL 9.0 can now offload image processing functions (primitives such as arithmetic, geometric transforms, filters, and morphology), to a GPU.

MIL 9.0 includes support for Windows Vista and 64-bit operating systems.

As an add-on, MIL 9.0's Processing Pack 1 (PP1) features the following.

* Multi-core and multi-CPU speed optimisations.

* A colour analysis tool.

* A 3D reconstruction tool.

* Verification of 1D/2D codes using ISO/IEC standards.

"MIL 9.0 has been tailored to meet the demands of high-throughput, processing-intensive applications," explained Pierantonio Boriero, Product Line Manager, Matrox Imaging.

The Matrox Imaging Library 9.0 will be available in Q3 2008.

MIL 9.0 PP1 will be available to MIL 9.0 users as part of the MIL maintenance program in Q4 2008.

* About the Matrox Imaging Library - Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) is a comprehensive collection of optimised software tools for developing industrial imaging applications that run on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux.

The toolkit features interactive software and programming functions for performing image capture, processing, analysis, annotation, display and archiving.

These tools are designed to enhance productivity thereby reducing the time and effort required to bring a user's system to market.

First released in 1993, MIL's easy-to-use coherent application programming interface (API) has stood the 'test of time'.

MIL pioneered the concept of hardware independence with the same API for different image acquisition and processing platforms.

* About Matrox Imaging - established in 1976, Matrox Imaging is a leading provider of component-level solutions to OEMs and integrators involved in the manufacturing, medical diagnostic and security industries.

Products include cameras, interface boards and processing platforms, all designed to provide optimum price-performance within a common software environment.

Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Matrox is a privately held company with offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Hong Kong.

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