High-Performance Embedded Computing: Architectures, Applications, and Methodologies

About the Author......Page 5
Title page......Page 6
Copyright page......Page 7
Supplemental Materials......Page 9
Table of contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 18
1.1 The Landscape of High-Performance Embedded Computing......Page 22
1.2 Example Applications......Page 26
1.3 Design Goals......Page 42
1.4 Design Methodologies......Page 43
1.5 Models of Computation......Page 54
1.6 Reliability, Safety, and Security......Page 67
1.7 Consumer Electronics Architectures......Page 75
1.8 Summary and a Look Ahead......Page 81
2.1 Introduction......Page 86
2.2 Comparing Processors......Page 87
2.3 RISC Processors and Digital Signal Processors......Page 90
2.4 Parallel Execution Mechanisms......Page 98
2.5 Variable-Performance CPU Architectures......Page 107
2.6 Processor Memory Hierarchy......Page 110
2.7 Additional CPU Mechanisms......Page 120
2.8 CPU Simulation......Page 147
2.9 Automated CPU Design......Page 153
2.10 Summary......Page 171
3.1 Introduction......Page 176
3.2 Code Generation and Back-End Compilation......Page 177
3.3 Memory-Oriented Optimizations......Page 191
3.4 Program Performance Analysis......Page 206
3.5 Models of Computation and Programming......Page 218
3.6 Summary......Page 239
4.1 Introduction......Page 244
4.2 Real-Time Process Scheduling......Page 245
4.3 Languages and Scheduling......Page 262
4.4 Operating System Design......Page 268
4.5 Verification......Page 280
4.6 Summary......Page 285
5.1 Introduction......Page 288
5.2 Why Embedded Multiprocessors?......Page 290
5.3 Multiprocessor Design Techniques......Page 296
5.4 Multiprocessor Architectures......Page 300
5.5 Processing Elements......Page 309
5.6 Interconnection Networks......Page 310
5.7 Memory Systems......Page 325
5.8 Physically Distributed Systems and Networks......Page 333
5.9 Multiprocessor Design Methodologies and Algorithms......Page 347
5.10 Summary......Page 353
6.2 What Is Different about Embedded Multiprocessor Software?......Page 358
6.3 Real-Time Multiprocessor Operating Systems......Page 360
6.4 Services and Middleware for Embedded Multiprocessors......Page 382
6.5 Design Verification......Page 397
6.6 Summary......Page 399
7.1 Introduction......Page 404
7.2 Design Platforms......Page 405
7.3 Performance Analysis......Page 408
7.4 Hardware/Software Co-synthesis Algorithms......Page 417
7.5 Hardware/Software Co-simulation......Page 449
7.6 Summary......Page 451
Glossary......Page 454
References......Page 488
Index......Page 522