Low-Power Processors and Systems on Chips

The power consumption of microprocessors is one of the most important challenges of high-performance chips and portable devices. In chapters drawn from Piguet's recently published Low-Power Electronics Design, this volume addresses the design of low-power microprocessors in deep submicron technologies. It provides a focused reference for specialists involved in systems-on-chips, from low-power microprocessors to DSP cores, reconfigurable processors, memories, ad-hoc networks, and embedded software.Low-Power Processors and Systems on Chips is organized into three broad sections for convenient access. The first section examines the design of digital signal processors for embedded applications and techniques for reducing dynamic and static power at the electrical and system levels. The second part describes several aspects of low-power systems on chips, including hardware and embedded software aspects, efficient data storage, networks-on-chips, and applications such as routing strategies in wireless RF sensing and actuating devices. The final section discusses embedded software issues, including details on compilers, retargetable compilers, and coverification tools.Providing detailed examinations contributed by leading experts, Low-Power Processors and Systems on Chips supplies authoritative information on how to maintain high performance while lowering power consumption in modern processors and SoCs. It is a must-read for anyone designing modern computers or embedded systems.

LOW-POWER PROCESSORS AND MEMORIESTechniques for Power and Process Variation Minimization Low-Power DSP'sEnergy-Efficient Reconfigurable ProcessorsMacgic, a Low-Power, re-configurable DSPLow-Power Asynchronous ProcessorsLow-Power Baseband Processors for CommunicationsStand-by Power Reduction for SRAM MemoriesLow-Power Cache DesignMemory Organization for Low-Energy Embedded SystemsLOW-POWER SYSTEMS ON CHIPSPower-Performance Tradeoffs in Design of SoCsLow-Power SoC with Power-Aware Operating Systems GenerationLow Power Data Storage and Communication for SoCNetworks on Chips: Energy-Efficient Design of SoC interconnectHighly Integrated Ultra-Low Power RF Transceivers for Wireless Sensor NetworksPower-Aware On-Demand Routing for Mobile Ad-Hoc NetworksModeling Computational, Sensing and Actuation SurfacesEMBEDDED SOFTWARELow-Power Software TechniquesLow Power/Energy Compiler OptimizationsDesign of Low Power Processor Cores using a Retargetable Tool FlowRecent Advances in Low-power Design and Functional Co-verification Automation from the earliest system-level design stages