Wiley- Pipelined Processor Farms--Structured Design for Embedded Parallel Systems.pdf

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Structured Design for Embedded Parallel Systems
Martin Fleury
Andrew Downton
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Foreword
Parallel systems are typically difficult to construct, to analyse, and to opti-
mize. One way forward is to focus on stylized forms. This is the approach
taken here, for Pipclincd Processor Farms (PPF). The target domain is that
of embedded systems with continuous flow of data, often with real-time con-
straints.
This volume brings together the results of ten years study and development
of the PPF approach and is the prehensive treatment beyond the
original research paperu. The overall methodology is illustrated throughout
by a range of examples drawn from re