Hardware Software Co-Design of a Multimedia SOC Platform is one of the first of its kinds to provide a comprehensive overview of the design and implementation of the hardware and software of an SoC platform for multimedia applications. Topics covered in this book range from system level design methodology, multimedia algorithm implementation, a sub-word parallel, single-instruction-multiple data (SIMD) processor design, and its virtual platform implementation, to the development of an SIMD parallel compiler as well as a real-time operating system (RTOS). Hardware Software Co-Design of a Multimedia SOC Platform is written for practitioner engineers and technical managers who want to gain first hand knowledge about the hardware-software design process of an SoC platform. It offers both tutorial-like details to help readers become familiar with a diverse range of subjects, and in-depth analysis for advanced readers to pursue further.
Pao-Ann Hsiung, PhD, was born in Mumbai, India. Grew up there until he was ready for college, immigrated to Taiwan and now is a professor there. Yeah, he is Chinese, if you are wondering what is his origin. Nevertheless, he speaks Chinese Mandarin, English, and Hindi, well, some Marathi, and some Taiwanese.
He is a prolific writer and has already three books on the market. He has published more than 200 technical papers in important journals and conference proceedings.
His interest is system design.
His hobbies are music, writing, and computer fiddling (means, surfing, repairing, etc.)
