Architecture Exploration for Embedded Processors with LISA

Foreword. Preface. 1: Introduction. 1. Processor Categories. 2. Advent of ASIPs in System-on-Chip Design. 3. Organization of this Book. 2: Traditional Asip Design Methodology. 1. Related Work. 2. Motivation of this Work. 3: Processor Models For Asip Design. 1. LISA Language. 2. Model Requirements of Tools. 3. Abstraction Levels. 4. Concluding Remarks. 4: Lisa Processor Design Platform. 1. Hardware Designer Platform. 2. Software Designer Platform. 3. System Integrator Platform. 4. Concluding Remarks. 5: Architecture Exploration. 1. From Specification to Implementation. 2. Architecture Exploration Using LISA. 3. Concluding Remarks. 6: Architecture Implementation. 1. The ICORE Architecture. 2. Architecture Generation from LISA. 3. Case Study. 4. Concluding Remarks. 7: Software Tools For Application Design. 1. Code Generation Tools. 2. Simulation. 3. Debugging. 4. Case Studies. 5. Concluding Remarks. 8: System Integration And Verification. 1. Platform-Based Design. 2. Enabling Platform-Based Design. 3. Software Simulator Integration. 4. Case Study: CoCentric System Studio. 5. Concluding Remarks. 9: Summary And Outlook. 1. Processor Modeling. 2. Architecture Exploration. 3. Software Development Tools. 4. Architecture Implementation. 5. Concluding Remarks. Appendices: Abbreviations.Grammar of the LISA Language. Sample ARM7 LISA Model. The ICORE Architecture. List of Figures. List of Examples. List of Tables. Bibliography. About the Authors.