Modern Embedded Computing

Peter Barry serves as principal engineer in the Intel Embedded & Communications Group. He has worked in the development of embedded systems for over twenty years in Intel, Basic Communications, Nortel Networks and Tellabs, working with processors from Z80, 68K, PowerPC, ARM, XScale and Intel architecture systems. He is an expert in embedded operating systems and embedded platforms, and has developed board support packages for proprietary RTOS, pSOS, VxWorks, WinCE and Linux. He has developed protocol stacks and applications primarily for data communications and telecommunications and industrial applications. Patrick Crowley is an associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. His research interests are in computer and network systems architecture, with a current focus on the design of programmable embedded network systems and the invention of superior network monitoring and security techniques. He co-founded the ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems, and co-edited the three-book series, Network Processor Design. He serves as Associate Editor of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. In 2007, Crowley was chosen to join the DARPA Computer Science Study Group.

"There is need for a good, comprehensive book on embedded design and the lab-based approach using the Intel Architecture is very good and practical." --Tilman Wolf, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• PART 1 PRINCIPLES OF MODERN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS1 Embedded Systems Landscape2 Attributes of Embedded Systems3 The Future of Embedded SystemsPART 2 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND OPERATION4 Embedded Platform Architecture5 Embedded Processor Architecture6 Embedded Platform Boot Sequence7 Operating Systems Overview8 Embedded Linux9 Power Optimization10 Embedded Graphics and Multimedia Acceleration11 Digital Signal Processing Using General-Purpose Processors12 Network Connectivity13 Application Frameworks14 Platform and Content Security15 Advanced Topics: SMP, AMP, and VirtualizationPART 3 DEVELOPING AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM16 Example Designs17 Platform Debug18 Performance Tuning