Very long instruction word architectures for digital signal processing

Due to advancements in semiconductor processing technology, unprecedented levels of system integration are now possible in digital signal processing systems. MIMD/multicomputer architectures used for parallel digital signal processing applications are not always efficient, and are difficult to program. Very long instruction word processors are uniquely suited to digital signal processing applications, able to exploit opportunities for fine and coarse grained parallelism efficiently without the overhead of MIMD/multicomputer approaches. A flexible, high level language programming environment has been developed in support of this processor paradigm