VLIW

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Embedded Computing: A VLIW Approach to Architecture, Compilers and Tools - - By Joseph A. Fisher, Paolo Faraboschi, Cliff Young; Morgan Kaufmann, 2004, ISBN 1558607668. Technology is removing the gap between embedded and VLIW computing: high-performance methods that seemed too costly for embedded use have become feasible and popular. Book description, reviews, biographies.

Very Long Instruction Word - - Growing entry, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia.

VLIW at IBM Research - - Very-Long Instruction Word architectures: an alternative way to organize processors. Instead of the trend toward hardware making complex decisions for scheduling machine-level instructions in programs, VLIW systems do scheduling at compile time.

VLIW Processors and Trace Scheduling - - Descriptions, history, examples, references; in HTML, PDF, and in: The Computer Engineering Handbook, by Vojin Oklobdzija, CRC Press, 2001, ISBN 0849308852.

Code-morphing: Fresh as a DAISY - - On translating software between x86-based and VLIW processors, mainly IBM's code-morphing chip similar to Transmeta's. (November 29, 2000)