By
Paolo Ienne, Professor, Processor Architecture Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland
Rainer Leupers, Professor of Software Systems on Silicon, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Description
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 sound methodologies to tailor-fit processors to the specific needs of such products.
This book addresses the goal of maintaining a very large family of processors, with a wide range of features, at a cost comparable to
that of maintaining a single processor.
Included in series
Systems on Silicon
Audience:
PRIMARY AUDIENCE: Engineers in industry working in embedded software, system architectures, processor architectures and design tools SECONDARY AUDIENCE:Academic researchers
