Retargetable Code Generation for Digital Signal Processors

By Rainer Leupers

Book Overview

According to market analysts, the market for consumer electronics will con- tinue to grow at a rate higher than that of electronic systems in general. The consumer market can be characterized by rapidly growing complexities of appli- cations and a rather short market window. As a result, more and more complex designs have to be completed in shrinking time frames. A key concept for coping with such stringent requirements is re-use. Since the re-use of completely fixed large hardware blocks is limited to subproblems of system-level applications (for example MPEG-2), flexible, programmable pro- cessors are being used as building blocks for more and more designs. Processors provide a unique combination offeatures: they provide flexibility and re-use. The processors used in consumer electronics are, however, in many cases dif- ferent from those that are used for screen and keyboard-based equipment, such as PCs. For the consumer market in particular, efficiency of the product plays a dominating role. Hence, processor architectures for these applications are usually highly-optimized and tailored towards a certain application domain.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792399587
• ISBN13: 9780792399582
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"