Title :
MetaCore: a configurable & instruction-level extensible DSP core
Author :
Yang, Jin-Hyuk ; Kim, Byoung-Woon ; Seo, Sung-Won ; Nam, Sang-Jun ; Ryu, Chang-Ho ; Cho, Jang-Ho ; Kyung, Chong-Min
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
The design of application-specific processor for DSP applications is not only driven by low-cost requirements, but also needs to fulfil constraints in terms of short development time. MetaCore, a configurable and instruction-level extensible DSP core, can effectively satisfy these requirements by providing a high degree of customization to the given application. In this paper, we present architectural concept of MetaCore and the MetaCore development platform. And we also present the first-generation MetaCore product version, MDSP16, which is a 16-by-16 fixed-point DSP processor. MDSP1.6 was implemented using 0.6 μm TLM CMOS technology and has 50 MIPS peak performance
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; 0.6 μm TLM CMOS technology; MDSP1.6; MDSP16; MetaCore; application-specific processor; configurable DSP core; instruction-level extensible DSP core; Arithmetic; Art; CMOS technology; Computer architecture; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processing chips; Instruments; Logic; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference 1998. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC '98. Asia and South Pacific
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4425-1
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.1998.669485
