Customizable Embedded Processors: Design Technologies and Applications Volume . (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780123695260)

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.

Author: Paolo Ienne,Rainer Leupers
ISBN-10: 0123695260
ISBN-13: 9780123695260
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2006
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.29lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.60w x 1.32d