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DSP Processor Fundamentals — Table of Contents

Copyright © 1994-1996 Berkeley Design Technology, Inc.

Preface

1. Digital Signal Processing and DSP Systems

1.1 Advantages of DSP

1.2 Characteristics of DSP Systems

1.3 Classes of DSP Applications

2. DSP Processors, Embodiments, and Alternatives

2.1 DSP Processors

2.2 DSP Processor Embodiments

2.3 Alternatives to Commercial DSP Processors

3. Numeric Representations and Arithmetic

3.1 Fixed-Point vs. Floating-Point

3.2 Native Data Word Width

3.3 Extended Precision

3.4 Floating-Point Emulation and Block Floating-Point

3.5 IEEE-754 Floating-Point

3.6 Relationship Between Data Word Size and Instruction Word Size

4. Data Path

4.1 Fixed-Point Data Paths

4.2 Floating-Point Data Paths

4.3 Special Function Units

5. Memory Architecture

5.1 Memory Structures

5.2 Features for Reducing Memory Access Requirements

5.3 Wait States

5.4 ROM

5.5 External Memory Interfaces

5.6 Customization

6. Addressing

6.1 Implied Addressing

6.2 Immediate Data

6.3 Memory-Direct Addressing

6.4 Register-Direct Addressing

6.5 Register-Indirect Addressing

6.6 Short Addressing Modes

7. Instruction Set

7.1 Instruction Types

7.2 Registers

7.3 Parallel Move Support

7.4 Orthogonality

7.5 Assembly Language Format

8. Execution Control

8.1 Hardware Looping

8.2 Interrupts

8.3 Stacks

8.4 Relative Branch Support

9. Pipelining

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Pipeline Depth

9.3 Interlocking

9.4 Branching Effects

9.5 Interrupt Effects

9.6 Pipeline Programming Models

10. Peripherals

10.1 Serial Ports

10.2 Timers

10.3 Parallel Ports

10.4 Bit I/O Ports

10.5 Host Ports

10.6 Communications Ports

10.7 On-Chip A/D and D/A Converters

10.8 External Interrupts

10.9 Summary

11. On-Chip Debugging Facilities

11.1 Scan-Based Debugging/Emulation Facilities

12. Power Consumption and Management

12.1 Low-Voltage Operation

12.2 Power Management Features

13. Clocking

14. Price and Packaging

14.1 Example Prices

14.2 Packaging

15. Fabrication Details

15.1 Feature Size

15.2 Operating Voltage

15.3 Die Size

16. Development Tools

16.1 Assembly Language Tools

16.2 High-Level Language Development Tools

16.3 Block-Diagram-Based Programming Tools

16.4 Real-Time Operating Systems

16.5 Multimedia Environments

17. Applications Support

17.1 Documentation

17.2 Applications Engineers

17.3 Telephone Support

17.4 Bulletin Boards

17.5 Training

17.6 Third-Party Support

18. Conclusions

18.1 Choosing a Processor Architecture

18.2 DSP Processor Trends

Appendix A: Vendor Contact Information

References

Glossary

Index

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