Title :
COFFEE - a core for free
Author :
Kylliainen, Juha ; Nurmi, Jari ; Kuulusa, Mika
Author_Institution :
Tampere Univ., Finland
Abstract :
This paper presents design and implementation of an open source processor core developed at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. The design guidelines of a RISC core are introduced and some of the typical design tradeoffs are presented. The architecture of the developed processor engine, COFFEE RISC core, is explained.
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; microprocessor chips; reduced instruction set computing; COFFEE; Finland; RISC core; Tampere University of Technology; open source processor core; processor engine; Digital signal processing chips; Embedded computing; Embedded system; Energy consumption; Engines; Hardware; Instruction sets; Microcomputers; Pipelines; Reduced instruction set computing;
Conference_Titel :
System-on-Chip, 2003. Proceedings. International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8160-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSOC.2003.1267707
