Asia area prefer Verilog, while US east coast and Europe more frequently use VHDL. For
DSP with FPGAs both languages seem to be well suited, although some VHDL examples …

Efficient design of embedded processors plays a critical role in embedded systems design.
Processor description languages and their associated specification, exploration and rapid …

This book provides design methods for Digital Signal Processors and Application Specific
Instruction set Processors, based on the author's extensive, industrial design experience …

A novel statistical learning algorithm is proposed to accurately analyze volume diagnosis
results. This algorithm effectively overcomes the inherent ambiguities in logic diagnosis, to …

An increasing number of system designers are using ASIP's rather than ASIC's to implement
their system solutions. Building ASIPs: The Mescal Methodology gives a simple but …

This brief presents an application-specific instruction-set processor (ASIP) for real-time
Retinex image and video filtering. Design optimizations are addressed at algorithmic and …

Application-specific programmable processors tailored for the requirements at hand are
often at the center of today's embedded systems. Therefore, it is not surprising that …

In recent years, increasing manufacturing density has allowed the development of Multi-
Processor Systems-on-Chip (MPSoCs). Application-Specific Instruction Set Processors …

The new-found ubiquity of embedded processors in consumer and industrial applications
brings with it an intensified focus on security, as a strong level of trust in the system software …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the language for instruction set architecture
(LISA) and its associated tool suite, which is used for exploring the design space of modern …