Code Migration from Conventional DSPs to VLIW DSPs
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It is a challenge to convert the existing conventional DSPs' assembly code to that of VLIW DSPs'. We propose a new code migration method, which performs semantically equivalent code conversion. Key issues such as semantics of the conventional DSP code, specialized addressing modes and different data types are discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000