Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips

Preface

This book had its origins in the Multiprocessor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) Workshop, which has been held every summer since 2001. We started the workshop to bring together a broad range of people who need to be involved in SoC design. MPSoCs are much more complex than ASICs and so require traditionally separate disciplines to converge. Computer architecture, real-time operating systems, embedded software, computer-aided design, and circuit design are all fields that must contribute to successful MPSoC designs.

An outstanding cross-section of experts from these disciplines attended the workshop and gave tutorial lectures that introduced their fields to the broader audience. We started to talk about how to make use of all the information that ...