- ISBN: 9781420048018 | 1420048015
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/3/2009
Embedded Processors discusses how to design and analyze multiprocessor computer systems that are streamlined for multimedia applications. This second edition features two new chapters that focus exclusively on dataflow background. The first chapter provides an up-to-date survey of computation dataflow models for multimedia systems, while the second chapter presents current techniques for synchronous dataflow. The book also discusses architectures such as platform field programmable gate arrays, new high performance programmable digital signal processors, recent advancements in scheduling techniques, as well as new transaction methods that take into account communication costs.