Chapter 5

Multiprocessor Architectures

Abstract

This chapter concentrates on multiprocessor architectures. It considers both tightly-coupled multiprocessors and the physically distributed systems used in vehicles. It covers architectures and their components: processors, memory, and networks, and also looks at methodologies for multiprocessor design.

Keywords

requirements on embedded systems. design techniques; high-performance embedded computing; multiprocessing vs. uniprocessing; real time and multiprocessing; multiprocessing and accelerators; specialization; cost versus power; real-time performance; programmability and design complexity; modeling approaches; communicating simulators; simulation as parallel computing; heterogeneous simulators; ...

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