Engineering the complex SOC

Fast, flexible design with configurable processors

Chris Rowen

454 pages, parution le 01/07/2004

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Résumé

A methodological breakthrough gives SoC designers and engineers the techniques they need to finish larger projects in less time.

Engineers can keep pace with the demand for increased productivity by employing new SoC techniques that traditional DSP methods would not allow for.
The first book to provide a unified hardware/software view of SoC design using the multi-processor system-on-chip or "sea-of processors" approach.
Written by the CEO of Tensilica- sharing his proven and successful design methodologies.

This book outlines a new, essential methodology for developing SoC hardware and software using configurable, extensible processor technology as a unifying theme. In addition to laying out a dramatically new SOC design methodology, the book introduces the concepts of processor configuration, extension, hardware/software co-generation and multiple processor partitioning and communication. It uses real-world examples extensively, both in the form of case studies about architecture decisions and in very short examples that communicate the flavor and the power of these methods. No other book discusses how to use multiple processors on a single chip to speed the chip design process and achieve faster performance. All other books that cover SoC design assume the traditional 1980's-style approach to system design that employs one central processor or, at most, one processor and a co-processor such as a digital signal processor (DSP) on a chip. Other books assume that if there are parts of the design that can't be run fast enough on the main system processor, then the designer must hand-code those parts of the design in hardware-description language (HDL) such as Verilog or VHDL. That was state-of-the-art thinking for chip design in the early 1990s, but as chip complexity increased and configurable, embedded processor cores were introduced and established, SoCs with multiple processors are proving to be an effective alternative.

Sommaire

The case for a new SOC design methodology
SOC design today
A new look at SOC design
System-level design of complex SOCs
Configurable processors: a software view
Configurable processors: a hardware view
Advanced topics in SOC design
The future of SOC design: the sea of processors

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Chris Rowen
Parution	01/07/2004
Nb. de pages	454
Format	18,5 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	885g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780131455375
ISBN13	978-0-13-145537-5