Architecture Exploration for Embedded Processors with LISA

by Andreas Hoffmann, Heinrich Meyr, Rainer Leupers

Overview

Already today more than 90% of all programmable processors are employed in embedded systems. This number is actually not surprising, contemplating that in a typical home you might find one or two PCs equipped with high­ of embedded systems, performance standard processors, but probably dozens including electronic entertainment, household, and telecom devices, each of them equipped with one or more embedded processors. Moreover, the elec­ tronic components of upper-class cars incorporate easily over one hundred processors. Hence, efficient embedded processor design is certainly an area worth looking at. The question arises why programmable processors are so popular in embedded system design. The answer lies in the fact that they help to narrow the gap between chip capacity and designer productivity. Embedded processors cores are nothing but one step further towards improved design reuse, just along the lines of standard cells in logic synthesis and macrocells in RTL synthesis in earlier times of IC design. Additionally, programmable processors permit to migrate functionality from hardware to software, resulting in an even improved reuse factor as well as greatly increased flexibility.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441953346
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Traditional ASIP Design Methodology.- 3. Processor Models for ASIP Design.- 4. LISA Processor Design Platform.- 5. Architecture Exploration.- 6. Architecture Implementation.- 7. Software Tools for Application Design.- 8. System Integration and Verification.- 9. Summary and Outlook.- Appendices.- Abbreviations.- Grammar of the LISA Language.- Sample ARM7 LISA Model.- The ICORE Architecture.- List of Figures.- List of Examples.- List of Tables.- About the Authors.