2. Hardware architectures
Unlike conventional computers [3], integrated architectures are numerous and very different, as they are adapted to the application or class of applications in question. In particular, they include specialized coprocessors (e.g. for intensive processing phases, or for communication between processing elements). Several credible architectural alternatives exist, and we can mention three that are representative of current architectural choices:
a processor driving configurable and/or specialized blocks ( 1 );
a general-purpose processor (or core) (GPP for General Purpose Processor, an acronym we will often use) and a signal processor (DSP for Digital Signal Processor, an abbreviation also widely used in the following) working together...
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Bibliography
Software tools
Google. Android http://developer.android.com/index.html
DSpace, Inc. dSpace. http://www.dspaceinc.com.
The Mathworks. Real-Time Workshop. http://www.mathworks.com/products/rtw/
...Websites
REEVES Glenn, "What really happened on Mars?", http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/mbj/Mars_Pathfinder/Authoritative_Account.html
...Events
Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation, biannual (even-numbered years) leading symposium on operating systems, including OS for embedded systems, sponsored by USENIX and ACM.
International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, a leading OS conference sponsored by the ACM.
Embedded Linux Conference, annual conference...
Standards and norms
- Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture, IEEE Std. 1149.1-1990. - IEEE -
- Functional Safety of Electrical / Electronic / Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems, IEC 61508-1998, International Electrotechnical Commission. - IEC -
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