In this paper, we will outline a solution for prototyping, programming and implementing Application Specific Instruction-set Processors (ASIPs). A general introduction into this class of processor ...

The designers of consumer electronic products today spend more and more effort at the electronic system-level (ESL) on developing the application software for these consumer products. Only with an ESL ...

Synopsys' ASIP design tools enable rapid exploration and optimization of processor architectures KYOCERA created a custom high-performance DSP in less than a year, saving an estimated nine months on ...

Synopsys' ASIP Designer tool automates the design of application-specific instruction set processors (ASIPs) and programmable accelerators Unique "compiler-in-the-loop" feature enables use of ...

Over the past decade, the trend in SoC design has been to add more functionality into software, but moving functionality from hardware into software comes at a cost: software requires a processor, ...

In the previous blog post, “Embedded Security Using Cryptography”, we looked at how cryptography can be used for securing assets in embedded systems and ensure confidentiality, integrity and ...

When System-on-Chip (SoC) developers include processors in their designs, they face choices in solving their computational challenges, as Codasip CTO Zdeněk Přikryl explains in this whitepaper.

Silicon Valley startup Tensilica has introduced what it claims is the world’s first configurable and extensible microprocessor architecture and development environment for embedded applications. The ...

The complexity of system-on-chips for embedded wireless devices is increasing while, at the same time, greater flexibility of the implementation is being demanded. In addition, the cost penalty and ...

Application defined processors are based on the concept of reconfigurable computing (RC). RC is a computing technology that blurs the line between software and hardware and provides the basis for the ...