Texas Instruments DSP Dynamic Run-Time Loader

• Main Author: Tao, Morris M. (Morris Matthew), 1977-
• Other Authors: John Rowlands and Martin Rinard.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
• Subjects: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16862

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001. === Includes bibliographical references (leaf 41). === This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. === The increased demand in applications of Digital Signal Processors (DSP) are reaching the limits of the basic method of statically loading libraries. These statically loaded libraries are fixed to the location in memory where they can be executed. Therefore these inflexible libraries are difficult to use in multitasking environments, are not portable between different DSP architectures and are an inefficient use of RAM. A Dynamic Run- Time Loader for libraries adds an abstraction layer between the DSP kernel and the library. This solution will remove the memory inflexibility of the static model while improving code reuse, portability and multitasking ability, to help meet the demands of tomorrows DSP applications. === by Morris M. Tao. === M.Eng.