Complex SOC design

Author: Luo Wen
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book comprehensively introduces scalable processor architectures, tools for instruction set extension, and multi-processor SoC architectures for embedded systems. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides a high-level introduction to various SoC design issues and their solutions. The second part offers a detailed discussion on the comparison between scalable processors, traditional processors, and hardwired logic circuits. The final part presents a series of detailed examples to further illustrate the applicability of new SoC design methods. The book uses the Xtensa architecture and Xtensa instruction extension language from Tensilica to precisely describe practical challenges and opportunities related to this new approach. It is primarily aimed at architects, circuit designers, and software designers involved in complex SoC design, as well as faculty and students in relevant disciplines at universities and colleges.