Customizable embedded processors design technologies and applications - Ienne, Paolo (Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-484) and index
Front Cover; In Praise of Customizable Embedded Processors; Customizable Embedded Processors; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Part I: Opportunities and Challenges; Chapter 1. From Prêt-©¡-Porter to Tailor-Made; Chapter 2. Opportunities for Application-Specific Processors: The Case of Wireless Communications; Chapter 3. Customizing Processors: Lofty Ambitions, Stark Realities; Part II: Aspects of Processor Customization; Chapter 4. Architecture Description Languages; Chapter 5. C Compiler Retargeting
Customizable processors have been described as the next natural step in the evolution of the microprocessor business: a step in the life of a new technology where top performance alone is no longer sufficient to guarantee market success. Other factors become fundamental, such as time to market, convenience, energy efficiency, and ease of customization. This book is the first to explore comprehensively one of the most fundamental trends which emerged in the last decade: to treat processors not as rigid, fixed entities, which designers include ?as is? in their products; but rather, to build soun