Processor Design

This book provides insight into a number of different flavors of processor architectures and their design, software tool generation, implementation, and verification. After a brief introduction to processor architectures and how processor designers have sometimes failed to deliver what was expected, the authors introduce a generic flow for embedded on-chip processor design and start to explore the vast design space of on-chip processing. The types of processor cores covered include general purpose RISC cores, traditional DSP, a VLIW approach to signal processing, processor cores that can be customized for specific applications, reconfigurable processors, protocol processors, Java engines, and stream processors. In addition, the book describes co-processor and multi-core design approaches that deliver application-specific performance over and above that which is available from single-core designs.

Design and customization of embedded on-chip processors is an essential part of SoC development ASIC and FPGA engineers have to understand processor architecture and implementation Understanding processor design options has become crucial for every digital design professional

Autorentext

Dr. Jari Nurmi is Professor at Tampere University of Technology and his expertises lie in: DSP Processor Architecture, Network-on-Chip, Embedded System-on-Chip Design, Integrated Signal Processing and Digital Communication Circuits.

Jari Nurmi has edited one successful book for Springer.

Zusammenfassung

Processor Design provides insight into a number of different flavors of processor architectures and their design, software tool generation, implementation, and verification. After a brief introduction to processor architectures and how processor designers have sometimes failed to deliver what was expected, the authors introduce a generic flow for embedded on-chip processor design and start to explore the vast design space of on-chip processing. The types of processor cores covered include general purpose RISC cores, traditional DSP, a VLIW approach to signal processing, processor cores that can be customized for specific applications, reconfigurable processors, protocol processors, Java engines, and stream processors. Co-processor and multi-core design approaches that deliver application-specific performance over and above that which is available from single-core designs are also described.

Inhalt
Embedded Computer Architecture Fundamentals.- Beyond the Valley of the Lost Processors: Problems, Fallacies, and Pitfalls in Processor Design.- Processor Design Flow.- General-Purpose Embedded Processor Cores The COFFEE RISC Example.- The DSP and Its Impact on Technology.- VLIW DSP Processor for High-End Mobile Communication Applications.- Customizable Processors and Processor Customization.- Run-Time Reconfigurable Processors.- Coprocessor Approach to Accelerating Multimedia Applications.- Designing Soft-Core Processors for FPGAs.- Protocol Processor Design Issues.- Java Co-Processor for Embedded Systems.- Stream Multicore Processors.- Processor Clock Generation and Distribution.- Asynchronous and Self-Timed Processor Design.- Early-Estimation Modeling of Processors.- System Level Simulations.- Programming Tools for Reconfigurable Processors.- Software-Based Self-Testing of Embedded Processors.- Future Directions in Processor Design.