Quality and economical aspects of software development are strictly related. Adaptability, as a feature of quality, fosters reuse and the resulting economies of scale. Domain anal...
Paolo Predonzani, Giancarlo Succi, Andrea Valerio,...
Multimedia instruction set extensions have become a prominent feature in desktop microprocessor platforms, promising superior performance on a wide range of floating-point and int...
A binary decoder is a common component of software development tools such as instruction set simulators, disassemblers and debuggers. The efficiency of the decoder can have a sign...
Software-based self-test (SBST) has recently emerged as an effective methodology for the manufacturing test of processors and other components in systems-on-chip (SoCs). By moving ...
—The Cell processor consists of a general-purpose core and eight cores with a complete SIMD instruction set. Although originally designed for multimedia and gaming, it is current...