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FILENUMBER: 9956 BEGIN_KEYWORDS TEXT EMBEDDED COMPUTING SYSTEMS DESIGN WOLF END_KEYWORDS DATE: December 2000 TITLE: TEXT ON EMBEDDED COMPUTING SYSTEMS DESIGN BY WOLF
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TITLE: TEXT ON EMBEDDED COMPUTING SYSTEMS DESIGN BY WOLF

"Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System
Design"  by  Prof.  Wayne  Wolf of Princeton University, ISBN: 1-
55860-541-X, is now available.

"Computers as Components" is the first book  to  teach  this  new
discipline.  It  unravels the complexity of these systems and the
tools and methods  necessary  for  designing  them.  Researchers,
students,  and  savvy  professionals,  schooled  in  hardware  or
software, will value the integrated engineering  design  approach
to this fast emerging field.

Content Highlights:

* Demonstrates concepts and techniques using two  powerful  real-
world  processors  as  case  studies throughout the book: the ARM
processor and the SHARC DSP (digital signal processor).

* Illustrates the major concepts of each chapter with  real-world
design  examples  such  as  software  modems, telephone answering
machines, and video accelerators.

* Teaches the basics  of  UML  (Unified  Modeling  Language)  and
applies  it  throughout  the text to help you visualize stages in
the design process.

* Illustrates real-time operating systems using the  POSIX  real-
time extensions and Linux.

* Describes performance analysis  and  optimization  of  embedded
software, including the effects of caches.

* Includes two CD-ROMs with evaluation software: One contains the
ARM  Developer  Suite; the other contains VisualDSP for the SHARC
DSP family of processors.

To view the full table of contents for the book, please visit the
book's   web  page  at  EMBED WWW.  

There you will find  not  only  information  about  the
book,  but  also  a  link  to the author's supplement page, which
provides  overheads,   links,   chapter   aids   and   additional
information  about the book. A solutions manual will be available
January 1, 2001.

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