VLIW DSP processor for high-end mobile communication applications

Abstract

Today's mobile communication business is impacted by high data rates, mobility demands and flexibility requirements. High data rates are implicating high processing power, whereas mobility demands have to be covered by ultra-low power dissipation, and fast evolving standards demand for flexibility. The solution to this problem looks like dedicated hardware implementations, but those are lacking in flexibility. Adapting a system to a successor standard or supporting different systems on the same hardware platform is merely impossible. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.