DSP Processor Fundamentals Architectures and Features [Paperback]

This cutting-edge, practical guide brings you an independent, comprehensive introduction to DSP processor technology. A thorough tutorial and overview of DSP architectures, this book incorporates a broad range of today's product offerings in examples that illustrate DSP features and capabilities. This book is especially useful to electronic systems designers, processor architects, engineering managers, and product planners.Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Digital Signal Processing and DSP Systems.

DSP Processors, Embodiments, and Alternatives.

Numeric Representations and Arithmetic.

Data Path.

Memory Architecture.

Addressing.

Instruction Set.

Execution Control.

Pipelining.

Peripherals.

On-Chip Debugging Facilities.

Power Consumption and Management.

Clocking.

Price and Packaging.

Fabrication Details.

Development Tools.

Applications Support.

Conclusions.

Appendix: Vendor Contact Information.

References and Bibliography.

Glossary.

Index.

About the Authors.Philip D. Lapsley is a founder of Berkeley Design Technology, Inc., where he is responsible for special projects. He has worked at several research groups at the University of California at Berkeley, the NASA Ames Research Center, Teknekron Communications Systems, and the U. C. Berkeley Space Sciences Lab.

Jeffrey C. Bier is a founder of Berkeley Design Technology, Inc., where he is responlã…