A heterogeneous multi-core platform for low power signal processing in systems-on-chip

Ozgun Paker; Jens Sparsø; Niels Haandbæk; Mogens Isager; Lars Skovby Nielsen

A heterogeneous multi-core platform for low power signal processing in systems-on-chip

Ozgun Paker, Jens Sparsø, Niels Haandbæk, Mogens Isager, Lars Skovby Nielsen

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This paper presents a low-power and programmable DSP architecture - a heterogeneous multiprocessor platform consisting of standard CPU/DSP cores, and a set of simple instruction set processors called mini-cores each optimized for a particular class of algorithm (FIR, IIR, LMS, etc.). Communication is based on message passing. The mini-cores are designed as parameterized soft macros intended for a synthesis based design flow. A 520.000 transistor 0.25µm CMOS prototype chip containing 6 mini-cores has been fabricated and tested. Its power consumption is only 50% higher than a hardwired ASIC and more than 6-21 times lower than a general purpose CPU/DSP corewhile executing non-trivial industrial applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 28th European Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002. ESSCIRC 2002.
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	2002
ISBN (Print)	88-900847-9-0
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	28th European Solid-State Circuits Conference - Florence, Italy Duration: 24 Sept 2002 → 26 Sept 2002 Conference number: 28 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=9921

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Conference	28th European Solid-State Circuits Conference
Number	28
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	24/09/2002 → 26/09/2002
Internet address	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=9921

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