The field that Radu Hobincu's book addresses - the optimization of microelectronic computing architectures - is very topical considering the increase in the degree of integration and the requirements related to the decrease of the energy consumed per computing unit. In the field addressed by the author there are still critical problems due to the difficulty of overcoming the problems imposed, mainly by the "memory wall", but also due to software integration problems that limit the effective use of the silicon area. The solutions offered by the author start from the analysis of the development stage of the field, they are effective and original.

Bubble-free Embedded Architecture for Multithreading.

Software approach

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Project Goal

Chapter 3. State-of-the-art in Embedded Software Design

3.1. Assemblers & linkers

3.2. High Level Languages (HLLs)

3.3. Compilers

3.4. Operating Systems

3.5. Virtual machines

3.6. Modern Architectures

3.7. State-of-the-art Research Conclusions

Chapter 4. Performance Issues

4.1. Processor Execution Models

4.2. Conclusions on Performance Issues

Chapter 5. BEAM16 Execution Model

5.1. Interleaved Multithreading

5.2. Background Execution

5.3. Program Buffering

5.4. Flexibility

Chapter 6. BEAMv3 Architecture Tool-chain

6.1. Architecture Design – Purpose of the BEAM Implementation

6.2. Assembler Implementation

6.3. Instruction Accurate Simulation

6.4. Cycle Accurate Simulation

6.5. GNU Compiler Collection Porting for BEAM

6.6. Simple Static Linker

6.7. Device Drivers

6.8. Software Libraries

6.9. Graphical User Interface

Chapter 7. System Integration

7.1. Connex™ System Overview

7.2. BEAM as Connex Controller

7.3. Architecture Extensions

7.4. Assembler Extensions

7.5. GCC Extensions – VectorC Library

7.6. Emulator Extensions

Chapter 8. Testing and Results

8.1. BEAM Controller Initial Evaluation

8.2. Interleaved SIMD Execution – Improving the Array Utilization

Chapter 9. Conclusions and Personal Contributions

Chapter 10. Future Development

Chapter 11. Bibliography