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Leibson, Steve.
Designing SOCs with configured cores: unleashing the Tensilica
Xtensa and diamond cores / Steve Leibson.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-372498-4 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-12-372498-8 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Embedded computer systems—Design and construction.
2. Systems on a chip—Design and construction. I. Title
TK7895.E42L45 2006
621.3815—dc22 2006011723
ISBN 10: 0-12-372498-8
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