Highly Flexible Multimode Digital Signal Processing Systems Using Adaptable Components and Controllers

Vinu Vijay Kumar, John Lach
2006 EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing  
Multimode systems have emerged as an area-and power-efficient platform for implementing multiple timewise mutually exclusive digital signal processing (DSP) applications in a single hardware space. This paper presents a design methodology for integrating flexible components and controllers into primarily fixed logic multimode DSP systems, thereby increasing their overall efficiency and implementation capabilities. The components are built using a technique called small-scale reconfigurability
more » ... SR) that provides the necessary flexibility for both intermode and intramode reconfigurabilities, without the penalties associated with general-purpose reconfigurable logic. Using this methodology, area and power consumption are reduced beyond what is provided by current multimode systems, without sacrificing performance. The results show an average of 7% reduction in datapath component area, 26% reduction in register area, 36% reduction in interconnect MUX cost, and 68% reduction in the number of controller signals, with an average 38% increase in component utilization for a set of benchmark 32-bit DSP applications.
doi:10.1155/asp/2006/79595 fatcat:bjkekub2ezah5k27vbpb6gugqe