Future Directions Of Programmable And Reconfigurable Embedded Processors
Sorin Cotöfană, Stamatis Vassiliadis, Stephan Wong · Signal processing and communications · 2003
The advent of microprocessors in embedded systems has significantly contributed to the wide-spread utilization of embedded systems in our daily lives. Microprocessors can be found in devices ranging from simple controllers in power plants to sophisticated multimedia set-top boxes in our homes. This is due to the fact that microprocessors, called embedded processors in this setting, are able to perform huge amounts of data processing required by embedded systems. In addition and equally important, embedded processors are able to achieve this at affordable prices. In the last decade, we have been witnessing several changes in the embedded pro