IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 26, no. 6, Nov. 2009, pp. 38-49.

Trends in Multicore DSP Platforms

Lina J. Karam (1), Ismail AlKamal (1), Alan Gatherer (2), Gene A. Frantz (2), David V. Anderson (3), and Brian L. Evans (4)

(1) Electrical Engineering Dept., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5706 USA, karam@asu.edu - ismail.alkamal@asu.edu.
(2) Texas Instruments, 12500 TI Boulevard MS 8635, Dallas, TX 75243 USA, genf@ti.com - gatherer@ti.com.
(3) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 USA, dva@ece.gatech.edu.
(4) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA, bevans@ece.utexas.edu.

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Multi-core Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) have gained significant importance in recent years due to the emergence of data-intensive applications, such as video and high-speed Internet browsing on mobile devices, which demand increased computational performance but lower cost and power consumption. Multi-core platforms allow manufacturers to produce smaller boards while simplifying board layout and routing, lowering power consumption and cost, and maintaining programmability.

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