Title :
REMIC - design of a reactive embedded microprocessor core
Author :
Salcic, Zoran ; Hui, Dong ; Roop, Panho ; Biglari-Abhari, Morteza
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
Abstract :
Reactivity on external events is an important feature of almost all embedded systems. In this paper we present the design of a new, reactive embedded microprocessor called REMIC, that supports reactivity in a new way following the paradigm of synchronous system level language Esterel. The rationale for REMIC design, its novel features with the design details and some performance figures are presented to demonstrate its suitability for embedded systems. Besides single processor systems, REMIC can be easily combined into multiple processor architectures that support real concurrency.
Keywords :
embedded systems; microcomputers; microprocessor chips; Esterel; REMIC design; concurrency; embedded systems; external events reactivity; multiple processor architectures; reactive embedded microprocessor core; single processor systems; synchronous system level language; Computer languages; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Embedded system; Instruction sets; Microprocessors; Operating systems; Process design; Real time systems; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2005. Asia and South Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8736-8
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.2005.1466503
