Optimizing C55x Assembly Code Using the Pipeline Stall Analyzer Tool

Texas Instruments

Published Date: 11/18/2002

Description

The TMS320C55xx digital signal processor (DSP) architecture features a protected pipeline composed of two decoupled segments: a fetch pipeline and an execution pipeline. In this architecture memory registers and other resources are accessed simultaneously by the instructions flowing through the pipeline. The pipeline protection unit guarantees that these accesses are performed in a correct order