Embedded Computing,
Edition 1
A VLIW Approach to Architecture, Compilers and Tools
By Joseph A. Fisher, Paolo Faraboschi and Cliff Young
Publication Date:
17 Dec 2004
Description
The fact that there are more embedded computers than general-purpose computers and that we are impacted by hundreds of them every day is no longer news. What is news is that their increasing performance requirements, complexity and capabilities demand a new approach to their design. Fisher, Faraboschi, and Young describe a new age of embedded computing design, in which the processor is central, making the approach radically distinct from contemporary practices of embedded systems design. They demonstrate why it is essential to take a computing-centric and system-design approach to the traditional elements of nonprogrammable components, peripherals, interconnects and buses. These elements must be unified in a system design with high-performance processor architectures, microarchitectures and compilers, and with the compilation tools, debuggers and simulators needed for application development. In this landmark text, the authors apply their expertise in highly interdisciplinary hardware/software development and VLIW processors to illustrate this change in embedded computing. VLIW architectures have long been a popular choice in embedded systems design, and while VLIW is a running theme throughout the book, embedded computing is the core topic. Embedded Computing examines both in a book filled with fact and opinion based on the authors many years of R&D experience.
Key Features
· Complemented by a unique, professional-quality embedded tool-chain on the authors' website, http://www.vliw.org/book· Combines technical depth with real-world experience · Comprehensively explains the differences between general purpose computing systems and embedded systems at the hardware, software, tools and operating system levels. · Uses concrete examples to explain and motivate the trade-offs.
About the author
By Joseph A. Fisher, Senior HP Fellow Emeritus; Paolo Faraboschi, HP Labs, Barcelona, Spain and Cliff Young, D. E. Shaw Research and Development, L.L.C., New
York, New York
Table of Contents
PrefaceChapter 1: An Introduction to Embedded Processing1.1 What is Embedded Computing?1.2 Distinguishing Between Embedded and General Purpose Computing 1.3 Characterizing Embedded Computing 1.4 Embedded market structure 1.5 Further Reading 1.6 Exercises Chapter 2: An Overview of VLIW and ILP2.1 Semantics and parallelism 2.2 Design philosophies 2.3 Role of the compiler 2.4 VLIW in the embedded and DSP domains 2.5 Historical Perspective and Further Reading 2.6 Exercises Chapter 3: An Overview of ISA Design3.1 Overview: What to Hide 3.2 Basic VLIW design principles 3.3 Designing a VLIW ISA for Embedded Systems 3.4 Instruction-Set Encoding 3.5 VLIW Encoding 3.6 Encoding and Instruction-Set Extensions 3.7 Further Reading 3.8 Exercises Chapter 4: Architectural Structures in ISA design 4.1 The Datapath 4.2 Registers and Clusters 4.3 Memory Architecture 4.4 Branch Architecture 4.5 Speculation and Predication 4.6 System Operations 4.7 Further Reading 4.8 Exercises Chapter 5: Microarchitecture Design 5.1 Register File Design 5.2 Pipeline Design 5.3 VLIW Fetch, Sequencing and Decoding 5.4 The Datapath 5.5 Memory Architecture 5.6 Control Unit 5.7 Control Registers 5.8 Power Considerations 5.9 Further Reading 5.10 Exercises Chapter 6: System Design and Simulation6.1 System-on-Chip (SoC) 6.2 Processor Cores and System-On-Chip 6.3 Overview of Simulation 6.4 Simulating a VLIW architecture 6.5 System simulation 6.6 Validation and verification 6.7 Further Reading 6.8 Exercises Chapter 7: Embedded Compiling and Toolchains 7.1 What is important in an ILP Compiler? 7.2 Embedded cross-development toolchains 7.3 Structure of an ILP compiler 7.4 Code Layout 7.5 Embedded-specific trade-offs for compilers 7.6 DSP-Specific Compiler Optimizations 7.7 Further Reading 7.8 Exercises Chapter 8: Compiling for VLIWs and ILP 8.1 Profiling 8.2 Scheduling 8.3 Register allocation 8.4 Speculation and Predication 8.5 Instruction selection 8.6 Further Reading 8.7 Exercises Chapter 9: The Run-time System 9.1 Exceptions, interrupts, and traps 9.2 Application Binary Interface considerations 9.3 Code Compression 9.4 Embedded Operating Systems 9.5 Multiprocessing and Multithreading 9.6 Further Reading 9.7 Exercises Chapter 10: Application Design and Customization 10.1 Programming Language choices 10.2 Performance, Benchmarking and Tuning 10.3 Scalability and Customizability 10.4 Further Reading 10.5 Exercises Chapter 11: Application Areas 11.1 Digital Printing and Imaging 11.2 Telecom applications 11.3 Other application areas 11.4 Further Reading 11.5 Exercises Appendix A: The VEX System Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Bibliography
Book details
ISBN:
9781558607668
Page Count: 712
Retail Price
:
£74.99
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Audience
embedded systems designers; system software developers; graduate students in computer science and computer engineering
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