Processor Design

System-On-Chip Computing for ASICs and FPGAs
2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-5529-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 526 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 980 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nurmi, Jari

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Systemverwaltung & Management
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Mikroprozessoren
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Hochleistungsrechnen, Supercomputer
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Bauelemente, Schaltkreise
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Externe Speicher & Peripheriegeräte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.