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Dedicated Processors

Course: Dedicated Processors

Code: 3ФЕИТ07007

ECTS points: 6 ECTS

Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3

Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Aristotel Tentov, Asst. Prof. 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

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1

Panos C. Lekkas

"Network Processors: Architectures, Protocols and Platforms"

McGraw Hill

2003

2

Paolo Ienne, Rainer Leupers

"Customizable Embedded Processors: Design Technologies and Applications"

Elsevier

2007

3

F. Mayer-Lindenberg

"Dedicated Digital Processors: Methods in Hardware/Software Co-Design"

Wiley

2004