Course: Dedicated Processors
Code:3ФЕИТ07007A
ECTS points: 6 ECTS
Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3
Lecturers: Asst. Dr. Danijela Efnusheva
Course Goals (acquired competencies): Acquiring knowledge of different application purpose processors. Design of application purpose processors.
Course Syllabus: Acquiring knowledge of different types of dedicated processors. Fields of application of dedicated processors: multimedia, image processing, digital signal processing, network processing, wired and wireless networks, security and protection of computer systems, cryptography, low-power consumption processing, smart devices, smart home etc. Concepts and techniques for dedicated processors design. Design of instruction set and hardware components for special purpose. Practical aspects of hardware/software co-design in dedicated processors design.
Literature:
| Required Literature | ||||
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |
| Panos C. Lekkas | Network processors: architectures, protocols and platforms | McGraw Hill | 2003 | |
| Paolo Ienne, Rainer Leupers | Customizable Embedded Processors: Design Technologies and Applications | Elsevier | 2007 | |
| F. Mayer-Lindenberg | Dedicated Digital Processors: Methods in Hardware/Software Co-Design | Wiley | 2004 | |
