Title :
The specialization of general purpose processor architecture elements for programmable digital signal processors
Author_Institution :
Adv. DSP Dev., Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
The architectures of programmable digital signal processors have design constraints with different weights from general purpose microprocessors. The author considers how these differences have led to specializations of general purpose microprocessor architectural techniques
Keywords :
computer architecture; digital signal processing chips; microprocessor chips; programmable circuits; circuit design; design constraints; general purpose microprocessor architecture; programmable digital signal processors; Clocks; Delay; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processors; Instruments; Microprocessors; Pipelines; Process design; Timing; VLIW;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design, 1999. (ICCD '99) International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0406-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1999.808589