Run-Time Adaptation for Reconfigurable Embedded Processors

By Lars Bauer and Jörg Henkel

Embedded processors are the heart of embedded systems. Reconfigurable embedded processors comprise an extended instruction set that is implemented using a reconfigurable fabric (similar to a field-programmable gate array, FPGA). This book presents novel concepts, strategies, and implementations to increase the run-time adaptivity of reconfigurable embedded processors. Concepts and techniques are presented in an accessible, yet rigorous context. A complex, realistic H.264 video encoder application with a high demand for adaptivity is presented and used as an example for motivation throughout the book. A novel, run-time system is demonstrated to exploit the potential for adaptivity and particular approaches/algorithms are presented to implement it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441974113
• ISBN13: 9781441974112
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"