Customizable Embedded Processors: Volume

Klappentext This new reference provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in customizable embedded processor design, tools and applications. This book is unique in providing an unbiased presentation and assessment of all the major design approaches to designing customizable embedded processors, making it the key reference in the field. The industrial practitioner will gain an understanding of the technology and the practical use of the tools, together with an insight into developing customizable embedded processors through case studies. The up-to-date coverage of the latest research in the field makes this book an invaluable reference for researchers in the field. Zusammenfassung Customizable processors have been described as natural steps in the evolution of the microprocessor business. This book explores a trend to build methodologies to tailor-fit processors to the specific needs of different products. It addresses the goal of maintaining processors! at a cost comparable to that of maintaining a single processor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Business Opportunities: The Case of Wireless Applications Logistic Challenges: Lofty Ambitions and Stark Realities of Customizing Processors Architectural Description Languages Retargetable Toolsets Processor Configuration Automatic Instruction-Set Extensions Challenges to Automatic Customization Toolset Support for Instruction-Set Extensions Coprocessor Generation from Executable Code Datapath Synthesis Instruction Matching and Modelling Processor Verification Sub-RISC Processors An ASIP for UMTS-FDD Cell Search Hardware/software Trade-offs for Advanced 3G Channel Decoding FPGA-Based Processor Implementation Designing a H.264 Encoder with Real-World Tradeoffs

Zusammenfassung
Customizable processors have been described as natural steps in the evolution of the microprocessor business. This book explores a trend to build methodologies to tailor-fit processors to the specific needs of different products. It addresses the goal of maintaining processors, at a cost comparable to that of maintaining a single processor.

Inhalt

Introduction
Business Opportunities: The Case of Wireless Applications
Logistic Challenges: Lofty Ambitions and Stark Realities of Customizing Processors
Architectural Description Languages
Retargetable Toolsets
Processor Configuration
Automatic Instruction-Set Extensions
Challenges to Automatic Customization
Toolset Support for Instruction-Set Extensions
Coprocessor Generation from Executable Code
Datapath Synthesis
Instruction Matching and Modelling
Processor Verification
Sub-RISC Processors
An ASIP for UMTS-FDD Cell Search
Hardware/software Trade-offs for Advanced 3G Channel Decoding
FPGA-Based Processor Implementation
Designing a H.264 Encoder with Real-World Tradeoffs