A method permits coprocessors to be embedded inside a programmable VLIW processor. Synchronization of the coprocessors and the VLIW processor is determined at compile-time by the VLIW scheduler. The implementation of a power-efficient turbo decoder demonstrates the effectiveness of this method.
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Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2001. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2001 IEEE International
Date of Conference: 7-7 Feb. 2001