From the reviews: "This book deals with the basic principles of design methodology that addresses the aspects of ASIP performance and energy optimizations. ... The chapters of the book are concise and well written. The book is timely and well organized. It clearly gives an adequate view of the currently hottest topics in ASIP design. ... The book should be of considerable interest for graduate-level students in Electrical and Computer Engineering, researchers, and specialists ... . I would certainly like to fully recommend this book ... ." (Mile Stojcev, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 45, 2005)

• Focus and Related Work.- Efficient Low-Power Hardware Design.- Application-Specific Processor Architectures.- The ASIP Design Flow.- The ASIP Design Environment.- Case Studies.- Summary.

From the reviews: "This book deals with the basic principles of design methodology that addresses the aspects of ASIP performance and energy optimizations. ... The chapters of the book are concise and well written. The book is timely and well organized. It clearly gives an adequate view of the currently hottest topics in ASIP design. ... The book should be of considerable interest for graduate-level students in Electrical and Computer Engineering, researchers, and specialists ... . I would certainly like to fully recommend this book ... ." (Mile Stojcev, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 45, 2005)

• Focus and Related Work.- Efficient Low-Power Hardware Design.- Application-Specific Processor Architectures.- The ASIP Design Flow.- The ASIP Design Environment.- Case Studies.- Summary.

From the reviews: "This book deals with the basic principles of design methodology that addresses the aspects of ASIP performance and energy optimizations. ... The chapters of the book are concise and well written. The book is timely and well organized. It clearly gives an adequate view of the currently hottest topics in ASIP design. ... The book should be of considerable interest for graduate-level students in Electrical and Computer Engineering, researchers, and specialists ... . I would certainly like to fully recommend this book ... ." (Mile Stojcev, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 45, 2005)

• Focus and Related Work.- Efficient Low-Power Hardware Design.- Application-Specific Processor Architectures.- The ASIP Design Flow.- The ASIP Design Environment.- Case Studies.- Summary.