Embedded computing : a VLIW approach to architecture, compilers and tools

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Embedded computing : a VLIW approach to architecture, compilers and tools

Joseph A. Fisher, Paolo Faraboschi, Cliff Young

M. Kaufmann Publishers, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-659) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The fact that there are more embedded computers than general-purpose computers and that we are impacted by hundreds of them every day is no longer news. What is news is that their increasing performance requirements, complexity and capabilities demand a new approach to their design. Fisher, Faraboschi, and Young describe a new age of embedded computing design, in which the processor is central, making the approach radically distinct from contemporary practices of embedded systems design. They demonstrate why it is essential to take a computing-centric and system-design approach to the traditional elements of nonprogrammable components, peripherals, interconnects and buses. These elements must be unified in a system design with high-performance processor architectures, microarchitectures and compilers, and with the compilation tools, debuggers and simulators needed for application development. In this landmark text, the authors apply their expertise in highly interdisciplinary hardware/software development and VLIW processors to illustrate this change in embedded computing. VLIW architectures have long been a popular choice in embedded systems design, and while VLIW is a running theme throughout the book, embedded computing is the core topic. Embedded Computing examines both in a book filled with fact and opinion based on the authors many years of R&D experience.

Table of Contents

PrefaceChapter 1: An Introduction to Embedded ProcessingChapter 2: An Overview of VLIW and ILPChapter 3: An Overview of ISA DesignChapter 4: Architectural Structures in ISA design Chapter 5: Microarchitecture Design Chapter 6: System Design and SimulationChapter 7: Embedded Compiling and Toolchains Chapter 8: Compiling for VLIWs and ILP Chapter 9: The Run-time System Chapter 10: Application Design and Customization Chapter 11: Application Areas Appendix A: The VEX System Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Bibliography

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Details

  • NCID
    BA7107833X
  • ISBN
    • 1558607668
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    San Francisco, Calif. ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxvi, 671 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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