Optimized ASIP Synthesis from Architecture Description Language Models

• Main Authors: Schliebusch, Oliver (Author), Meyr, Heinrich (Author), Leupers, Rainer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Microprocessors.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Processor Architectures.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

New software tools and a sophisticated methodology above RTL are required to answer the challenges of designing an optimized application specific processor (ASIP). This book offers an automated and fully integrated implementation flow and compares it to common implementation practice. Case-studies e...

Table of Contents:

• ASIP DESIGN METHODOLOGIES
• ASIP DESIGN BASED ON LISA
• A NEW ENTRY POINT FOR ASIP IMPLEMENTATION
• LISA FRONTEND
• INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATION
• OPTIMIZATIONS BASED ON EXPLICIT ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION
• CONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR FEATURES
• CASE STUDY: AN ASIP FOR TURBO DECODING
• CASE STUDIES: LEGACY CODE REUSE
• SUMMARY.