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Choice of an ISA for Embedded Designs

Software investment is the biggest ticket item in any project. Hence the choice of an ISA that offers a scalable solution is an important consideration. MIPS and our SoC eco system offer distinct families of processor cores that span from 32-bit micro controllers all the way to 64-bit multi-threaded super-scalar cores from single-core to many cores, to address various segments of the embedded markets.  For either a new design or a follow on or upgrade to an existing design, the choice of MIPS as the ISA offers an ideal  path for protecting the software investment on a project, since one can scale the application up and down the performance scale seamlessly between a wide range of processors. The bulk of the effort in the migration to any new ISA is in the low-level initialization software. This paper illustrates the ease of migration from the ARM to MIPS architecture and highlight the areas that users need to focus on.

One thought on “Choice of an ISA for Embedded Designs”

  1. I had to download to know what you mean by ISA. Even in the white paper you don’t say. I think this is about Instruction Set Architecture.
    The paper is about moving Power to MIPS processors.
    How bout you just say that?

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