Chapter 10

Multicore Embedded Systems

Chapter Outline

It is becoming apparent that, before long, using multiple CPUs—multiple cores on a chip, multiple chips on a board, multiple boards in a system or any combination of these—will soon be the norm, and single core design will become less common. With that in mind, a chapter gathering together some articles that address this topic from various angles seemed logical.

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10.1 Introduction to Multicore

To start with, a short article setting the scene with the basics of multicore, including some comments on a key motivation ...

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