Many of today's digital signal processing (DSP) applications are subject to real-time constraints. And it seems many applications eventually grow to a point where they are stressing the available CPU ...

Part 2 of this series explains how to maximize performance with loop unrolling and software pipelining.] There are a few things to notice in looking at this assembly language. First, the piped loop ...

Part 3 shows how you can help the compiler produce faster code. It also explains how to optimize for minimum power consumption.] The standard rule when programming superscalar and VLIW devices is ...