Processor Description Languages
Applications and Methodologies

Editors:    Prabhat Mishra and Nikil Dutt
Publisher:   Morgan Kaufmann, 2008
ISBN:   978-0-12-374287-2
Contents:  
        Introduction
        ADL-driven Methodologies
        Contemporary ADLs and Methodologies
               MIMOLA
               nML
               LISA
               EXPRESSION
               ASIP Meister
               TIE
               MADL
               ADL++
               ArchC
               MAML
               NISC
               HMDES, ISDL and other ADLs

About this Book:

Efficient design of embedded processors plays a critical role in embedded systems design. Processor description languages and their associated specification, exploration and rapid prototyping methodologies are used to find the best possible design for a given set of applications under various design constraints, such as area, power and performance. This book is the first, comprehensive survey of modern architecture description languages and will be an invaluable reference for embedded system architects, designers, developers, and validation engineers. Readers will see that the use of particular architecture description languages will lead to productivity gains in designing particular (application-specific) types of embedded processors.