Title :
A re-configurable architecture--radio processor
Author :
Liao, I-Tao ; Lee, Tse-Hao ; Kang, Chung-Chieh ; Shih, Chia-Hung ; Tsai, Jia-Cheng ; Lai, Hung-Chi ; Shen, Jian-Hui ; Liu, Chih-Wei
Author_Institution :
Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
The radio processor (RP) is a heterogeneous configurable computing subsystem, which is designed to perform layer 1 functions within different communication systems. The features of radio processor include (1) heterogeneous configurable architecture, (2) scalable infrastructure with unified design environment, (3) customizable design, (4) flexible instruction set, and (5) limited main-processor resource requirement.
Keywords :
hardware-software codesign; reconfigurable architectures; system-on-chip; customizable design; flexible instruction set; heterogeneous configurable computing subsystem; limited main processor resource requirement; radio processor; reconfigurable architecture; scalable infrastructure; Application software; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Costs; Energy consumption; Hardware; Heart; Microprocessors; Signal processing; Time to market;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications, 2003 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7765-6
DOI :
10.1109/VTSA.2003.1252587