Title :
Low-Power Quad-MAC 170 μ W/MHz 1.0 V MACGIC DSP Core
Author :
Arm, C. ; Masgonty, J.-M. ; Morgan, M. ; Pfister, P.-D. ; Piguet, C. ; Rampogna, F. ; Volet, P.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Div., Centre Suisse d´´Electronique et Microtechnique, Neuchatel
Abstract :
A low-power programmable digital signal processor (DSP), named MACGIC, was designed and integrated in a 0.18 micron technology. It is implemented as a customizable, reconfigurable and synthesizable VHDL software intellectual property core.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; hardware description languages; industrial property; low-power electronics; 1.0 V; DSP core; MACGIC; VHDL software; intellectual property core; low-power electronics; programmable digital signal processor; quad-MAC; Clocks; Computer architecture; Digital signal processing; Hardware; Intellectual property; Memory architecture; Signal design; Signal processing algorithms; Signal synthesis; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006. ESSCIRC 2006. Proceedings of the 32nd European
Conference_Location :
Montreux
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0303-0
DOI :
10.1109/ESSCIR.2006.307571
