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Simple Embedded Processors

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This application example chapter concentrates on the key topic of integrating processors onto FPGA designs. This ranges from simple 8-bit microprocessors up to large IP processor cores that require an element of hardware-software co-design involved. This chapter will take the reader through the basics of implementing a behavioral based microprocessor for evaluation of algorithms, through to the practicalities of structurally correct models that can be synthesized and implemented on an FPGA. 

One of the major challenges facing hardware designers in the 21st century is the problem of hardware-software co-design. This has moved on from a basic partitioning mechanism based on standard hardware architectures to the current situation where the algorithm itself can be optimized at a compilation level for performance or power by implementing appropriately at different levels with hardware or software as required. This aspect suits FPGAs perfectly, as they can handle fixed hardware architecture that runs software compiled onto memory, they can implement optimal hardware running at much faster rates than a software equivalent could, and there is now the option of configurable hardware that can adapt to the changing requirements of a modified environment.


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