Title :
New description language for DSP firmware conversion
Author :
Kumamoto, Norichika ; Ohta, Yasuji ; Taniguchi, Tomohiko ; Amano, Fumio ; Fukui, Hirokazu
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) are widely used, especially in digital cellular phones. However, it is very difficult and time consuming to create firmware for DSPs. We have considered an improved firmware development system. This paper introduce a new DSP firmware description language. We demonstrate firmware conversion between two different DSPs using our new language
Keywords :
development systems; digital signal processing chips; firmware; hardware description languages; microprogramming; DSP firmware conversion; description language; development system; digital signal processor; Algorithm design and analysis; Analytical models; Assembly; Cellular phones; Digital signal processing; Energy consumption; Microprogramming; Signal processing algorithms; Speech codecs; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Signal Processing, VIII, 1995. IEEE Signal Processing Society [Workshop on]
Conference_Location :
Sakai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2612-1
DOI :
10.1109/VLSISP.1995.527479