A Software-Configurable Processor Architecture

  • Authors:
  • Ricardo E. Gonzalez

  • Affiliations:
  • Stretch

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

A software-configurable processor combines a traditional RISC processor with a field-programmable instruction extension unit that lets the system designer tailor the processor to a particular application. To add application-specific instructions to the processor, the programmer adds a pragma before a C or C++ function declaration, and the compiler then turns the function into a single instruction.