A2P is a flexible processor architecture based on an innovative “fine-grain” microarchitecture configurability and an expandable instruction set. The flexibility of A2P enables a basic architecture to be developed for low power applications. Additional functionality, such as multi-CPU, DSP, floating point, SIMD and custom extensions are added to the base architecture in a simple plug-in style to expand functionality and exactly match each application’s specific needs. A2P also removes unused functionality to keep area and power optimized at all times. A2P is suitable for a wide range of applications, from ultra-low power, deeply embedded control functions to high performance multicore video processing.
A2P’s instruction set is optimized to execute complied C code directly and achieve the same performance as assembly level equivalents. SoC developers can now fine tune the processor hardware directly using C level algorithms as a reference, eliminating the typical steps of converting the C algorithms to assembler and then optimizing them around fixed hardware and inflexible instruction sets.
