Trends in multicore DSP platforms: Examining architectures, programming models, software tools, emerging applications, and challenges

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 38-49

  Karam, Lina J ^a   Alkamal, Ismail ^b   Gatherer, Alan ^c   Frantz, Gene A ^c   Anderson, David V ^d   Evans, Brian L ^e  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital signal processing; Magnetic cores; Memory management; Multicore processing; Performance evaluation; Program processors; System on a chip

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MAGNETIC CORES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; DATA-INTENSIVE APPLICATION; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; MEMORY MANAGEMENT; MULTI-CORE PLATFORMS; MULTI-CORE PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SYSTEM ON A CHIP;

MULTICORE PROGRAMMING;

EID: 85032757560     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2009.934113     Document Type: Article

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