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	Title:	A HW/SW design methodology for embedded SIMD vector signal processors
	Author:	J.P. Robelly, G. Cichon, H. Ahlendorf, G. Fettweis
	Address:	Vodafone Chair for Mobile Communications Systems, Technische Universitat Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany. ' Vodafone Chair for Mobile Communications Systems, Technische Universitat Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany. ' Vodafone Chair for Mobile Communications Systems, Technische Universitat Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany. ' Vodafone Chair for Mobile Communications Systems, Technische Universitat Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
	Journal:	International Journal of Embedded Systems 2008 - Vol. 3, No.3  pp. 160 - 169
	Abstract:	The trend of using SIMD processors in embedded systems has been driven by signal processing applications with large computational requirements. In this paper, we report a HW/SW methodology in order to design DSP cores and algorithms that exploit SIMD parallelism. Starting point is a novel hardware architectural template called STA. We introduce an approach for automatic generation of simulation and hardware models of DSP cores with a scalable level of SIMD parallelism. Software development is based on an algebraic model that captures the SIMD computational model. We explain how algorithms can be designed independent of the available SIMD parallelism.
	Keywords:	SIMD vector processors; synchronous transfer architecture; digital signal processing; embedded systems; DSP design; SIMD parallelism; simulation.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJES.2008.020297
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