Format:
Online-Ressource (650 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Amsterdam Elsevier Science & Technology 2007 Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
ISBN:
1558607668
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9781558607668
Content:
Cliff Young
Content:
The fact that there are more embedded computers than general-purpose computers and that we are impacted by hundreds of them every day is no longer news. What is news is that their increasing performance requirements, complexity and capabilities demand a new approach to their design. Fisher, Faraboschi, and Young describe a new age of embedded computing design, in which the processor is central, making the approach radically distinct from contemporary practices of embedded systems design. They demonstrate why it is essential to take a computing-centric and system-design approach to the traditional elements of nonprogrammable components, peripherals, interconnects and buses. These elements must be unified in a system design with high-performance processor architectures, microarchitectures and compilers, and with the compilation tools, debuggers and simulators needed for application development. In this landmark text, the authors apply their expertise in highly interdisciplinary hardware/software development and VLIW processors to illustrate this change in embedded computing. VLIW architectures have long been a popular choice in embedded systems design, and while VLIW is a running theme throughout the book, embedded computing is the core topic. Embedded Computing examines both in a book filled with fact and opinion based on the authors many years of R&D experience. Complemented by a unique, professional-quality embedded tool-chain on the authors' website, http://www.vliw.org/book Combines technical depth with real-world experience Comprehensively explains the differences between general purpose computing systems and embedded systems at the hardware, software, tools and operating system levels. Uses concrete examples to explain and motivate the trade-offs
Note:
Includes bibliography and index
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Front Cover; Embedded Computing: A VLIW Approach to Architecture, Compilers and Tools; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Content and Structure; The VEX (VLIW Example) Computing System; Audience; Cross-cutting Topics; How to Read This Book; Figure Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. An Introduction to Embedded Processing; 1.1 What Is Embedded Computing?; 1.2 Distinguishing Between Embedded and General-Purpose Computing; 1.3 Characterizing Embedded Computing; 1.4 Embedded Market Structure; 1.5 Further Reading; 1.6 Exercises
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Chapter 2. An Overview of VLIW and ILP2.1 Semantics and Parallelism; 2.2 Design Philosophies; 2.3 Role of the Compiler; 2.4 VLIW in the Embedded and DSP Domains; 2.5 Historical Perspective and Further Reading; 2.6 Exercises; Chapter 3. An Overview of ISA Design; 3.1 Overview: What to Hide; 3.2 Basic VLIW Design Principles; 3.3 Designing a VLIW ISA for Embedded Systems; 3.4 Instruction-set Encoding; 3.5 VLIW Encoding; 3.6 Encoding and Instruction-set Extensions; 3.7 Further Reading; 3.8 Exercises; Chapter 4. Architectural Structures in ISA Design; 4.1 The Datapath; 4.2 Registers and Clusters
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4.3 Memory Architecture4.4 Branch Architecture; 4.5 Speculation and Predication; 4.6 System Operations; 4.7 Further Reading; 4.8 Exercises; Chapter 5. Microarchitecture Design; 5.1 Register File Design; 5.2 Pipeline Design; 5.3 VLIW Fetch, Sequencing, and Decoding; 5.4 The Datapath; 5.5 Memory Architecture; 5.6 The Control Unit; 5.7 Control Registers; 5.8 Power Considerations; 5.9 Further Reading; 5.10 Exercises; Chapter 6. System Design and Simulation; 6.1 System-on-a-Chip (SoC); 6.2 Processor Cores and SoC; 6.3 Overview of Simulation; 6.4 Simulating a VLIW Architecture
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6.5 System Simulation6.6 Validation and Verification; 6.7 Further Reading; 6.8 Exercises; Chapter 7. Embedded Compiling and Toolchains; 7.1 What Is Important in an ILP Compiler?; 7.2 Embedded Cross-Development Toolchains; 7.3 Structure of an ILP Compiler; 7.4 Code Layout; 7.5 Embedded-Specific Tradeoffs for Compilers; 7.6 DSP-Specific Compiler Optimizations; 7.7 Further Reading; 7.8 Exercises; Chapter 8. Compiling for VLIWs and ILP; 8.1 Profiling; 8.2 Scheduling; 8.3 Register Allocation; 8.4 Speculation and Predication; 8.5 Instruction Selection; 8.6 Further Reading; 8.7 Exercises
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Chapter 9. The Run-time System9.1 Exceptions, Interrupts, and Traps; 9.2 Application Binary Interface Considerations; 9.3 Code Compression; 9.4 Embedded Operating Systems; 9.5 Multiprocessing and Multithreading; 9.6 Further Reading; 9.7 Exercises; Chapter 10. Application Design and Customization; 10.1 Programming Language Choices; 10.2 Performance, Benchmarking, and Tuning; 10.3 Scalability and Customizability; 10.4 Further Reading; 10.5 Exercises; Chapter 11. Application Areas; 11.1 Digital Printing and Imaging; 11.2 Telecom Applications; 11.3 Other Application Areas; 11.4 Further Reading
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11.5 Exercises
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Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Embedded Computing A VLIW Approach to Architecture, Compilers and Tools
Language:
English
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