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Most existing computers are embedded in intelligent devices and applications, not in desktop machines. This text/CD-ROM explains these systems and looks at the tools and methods needed for designing them. Coverage encompasses components, complex systems, and the system design process. Application examples focus on particular end-use applications and how they relate to embedded system design. Programming examples describe software designs. Design concepts are demonstrated using two real-world processors as ongoing case studies: the ARM processor and the SHARC digital signal processor. Lab exercises and homework problems are included. The CD-ROMs contain evaluation versions of the ARM Developer Suite and the VisualDSP for the SHARC DSP family of processors. Wolf teaches electrical engineering at Princeton University.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Review
"This book will prove invaluable as a means for acquiring knowledge in this important and newly emerging field. It will also serve as a reference in actual design practice and be a trusted companion in the design adventures ahead."
-From the foreword by Lynn Conway, Professor Emerita, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, USA

"This book is the first to bring embedded systems technology and techniques together under a single cover. The author provides a practical overview of the many interrelated issues that must be addressed during the complete design cycle of an embedded computer system."
-Randolph E. Harr, Director of Research, Advanced Technology Group (ATG), Synopsys, Inc., USA


Review
"This book will prove invaluable as a means for acquiring knowledge in this important and newly emerging field. It will also serve as a reference in actual design practice and be a trusted companion in the design adventures ahead."
-From the foreword by Lynn Conway, Professor Emerita, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, USA

"This book is the first to bring embedded systems technology and techniques together under a single cover. The author provides a practical overview of the many interrelated issues that must be addressed during the complete design cycle of an embedded computer system."
-Randolph E. Harr, Director of Research, Advanced Technology Group (ATG), Synopsys, Inc., USA


Book Description

The vast majority of existing computers are embedded in the myriad of intelligent devices and applications-not in desktop machines. We are witnessing the emergence of a new discipline with its own principles, constraints, and design processes.

Computers as Components is the first book to teach this new discipline. It unravels the complexity of these systems and the tools and methods necessary for designing them. Researchers, students, and savvy professionals, schooled in hardware or software, will value the integrated engineering design approach to this fast emerging field.

* Demonstrates concepts and techniques using two powerful real-world processors as case studies throughout the book: the ARM processor and the SHARC DSP (digital signal processor).
* Illustrates the major concepts of each chapter with real-world design examples such as software modems, telephone answering machines, and video accelerators.
* Teaches the basics of UML (Unified Modeling Language) and applies it throughout the text to help you visualize stages in the design process.
* Illustrates real-time operating systems using the POSIX real-time extensions and Linux.
* Describes performance analysis and optimization of embedded software, including the effects of caches.
* Includes two CD-ROMs with evaluation software: One contains the ARM Developer Suite; the other contains VisualDSP for the SHARC DSP family of processors.


Book Info
(Academic Press, Harcourt Science and Technology) Unravels the complexity of the systems, tools, and methods of this new discipline, with an integrated engineering design approach. The CD-ROMs contain evaluation software including the ARM Developer Suite and VisualDISP for the SHARC DSP family of processors. DLC: System design.


From the Back Cover

"This book will prove invaluable as a means for acquiring knowledge in this important and newly emerging field. It will also serve as a reference in actual design practice and be a trusted companion in the design adventures ahead."

- From the foreword by Lynn Conway, Professor Emerita,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

"This book is the first to bring embedded systems technology and techniques together under a single cover. The author provides a practical overview of the many interrelated issues that must be addressed during the complete design cycle of an embedded computer system."

- Randolph E. Harr, Director of Research, Advanced Technology Group (ATG),
Synopsys, Inc.

The vast majority of existing computers are embedded in the myriad of intelligent devices and applications-not in desktop machines. We are witnessing the emergence of a new discipline with its own principles, constraints, and design processes.

Computers as Components is the first book to teach this new discipline. It unravels the complexity of these systems and the tools and methods necessary for designing them. Researchers, students, and savvy professionals, schooled in hardware or software, will value the integrated engineering design approach to this fast emerging field.

Demonstrates concepts and techniques using two powerful real-world processors as case studies throughout the book: the ARM processor and the SHARC DSP (digital signal processor).
Illustrates the major concepts of each chapter with real-world design examples such as software modems, telephone answering machines, and video accelerators.
Teaches the basics of UML (Unified Modeling Language) and applies it throughout the text to help you visualize stages in the design process.
Illustrates real-time operating systems using the POSIX real-time extensions and Linux.
Describes performance analysis and optimization of embedded software, including the effects of caches.
Includes two CD-ROMs with evaluation software: One contains the ARM Developer Suite; the other contains VisualDSP for the SHARC DSP family of processors.


About the Author
Wayne Wolf is professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University. Before joining Princeton, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He is well known for his research in the areas of hardware/software co-design, embedded computing, VLSI CAD, and multimedia computing systems. He is a fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the ACM and SPIE. He was Program Chair of the First International Workshop on Hardware/Software Co-Design. Wayne was also Program Chair of 1996 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design. He is editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (1999-2000) and co-editor of the Kluwer journal, Design Automation for Embedded Systems. He is also co-series editor of the new Morgan Kaufmann Series on Systems on Silicon.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The vast majority of existing computers are embedded in the myriad of intelligent devices and applications-not in desktop machines. We are witnessing the emergence of a new discipline with its own principles, constraints, and design processes.

Computers as Components is the first book to teach this new discipline. It unravels the complexity of these systems and the tools and methods necessary for designing them. Researchers, students, and savvy professionals, schooled in hardware or software, will value the integrated engineering design approach to this fast emerging field.

* Demonstrates concepts and techniques using two powerful real-world processors as case studies throughout the book: the ARM processor and the SHARC DSP (digital signal processor).
* Illustrates the major concepts of each chapter with real-world design examples such as software modems, telephone answering machines, and video accelerators.
* Teaches the basics of UML (Unified Modeling Language) and applies it throughout the text to help you visualize stages in the design process.
* Illustrates real-time operating systems using the POSIX real-time extensions and Linux.
* Describes performance analysis and optimization of embedded software, including the effects of caches.
* Includes two CD-ROMs with evaluation software: One contains the ARM Developer Suite; the other contains VisualDSP for the SHARC DSP family of processors.

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