High-Performance Embedded Computing

1 Embedded Computing
1.1 The Landscape of High-Performance Embedded Computing
1.2 Example Applications
1.3 Design Goals
1.4 Design Methodologies
1.5 Models of Computation
1.6 Reliability, Safety, and Security
1.7 Consumer Electronics Architectures
1.8 Summary and a Look Ahead
What We Learned
Further Reading
Questions
Lab Exercises
2 CPUs
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Comparing Processors
2.3 RISC Processors and Digital Signal Processors
2.4 Parallel Execution Mechanisms
2.5 Variable-Performance CPU Architectures
2.6 Processor Memory Hierarchy
2.7 Additional CPU Mechanisms
2.8 CPU Simulation
2.9 Automated CPU Design
2.10 Summary
What We Learned
Further Reading
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Lab Exercises
3 Programs
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Code Generation and Back-End Compilation
3.3 Memory-Oriented Optimizations
3.4 Program Performance Analysis
3.5 Models of Computation and Programming
3.6 Summary
What We Learned
Further Reading
Questions
Lab Exercises
4 Processes and Operating Systems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Real-Time Process Scheduling
4.3 Languages and Scheduling
4.4 Operating System Design
4.5 Verification
4.6 Summary
What We Learned
Further Reading
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Lab Exercises
5 Multiprocessor Architectures
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Why Embedded Multiprocessors?
5.3 Multiprocessor Design Techniques
5.4 Multiprocessor Architectures
5.5 Processing Elements
5.6 Interconnection Networks
5.7 Memory Systems
5.8 Physically Distributed Systems and Networks
5.9 Multiprocessor Design Methodologies and Algorithms
5.10 Summary
What We Learned
Further Reading
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Lab Exercises
6 Multiprocessor Software
6.1 Introduction
6.2 What Is Different About Embedded Multiprocessor Software?
6.3 Real-Time Multiprocessor Operating Systems
6.4 Services and Middleware for Embedded Multiprocessors
6.5 Design Verification
6.6 Summary
What We Learned
Further Reading
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Lab Exercises
7 Hardware/Software Co-Design
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Design