Peter Barry、Patrick Crowley所著的《现代嵌入式计算(英文版)》采用基于主流PC芯片架构的Intel Atom处理器学习嵌入式系统设计，并提供与其他平台的对比分析。设计面向支持游戏、车载信息娱乐系统、医疗记录检索、销售点购买、联网、数字存储以及其他零售、消费和工业应用的嵌入式处理器。

preface

foreword

acknowledgments

Part 1 principles of modern embedded systems

 Chapter 1 embedded systems landscape

what is an embedded computer system?

why is this transition inevitable?

what range of embedded systems exists?

what to expect from the rest of this book

 Chapter 2 attributes of embedded systems

embedded platform characteristics

summary

 Chapter 3 the future of embedded systems

technology trends

issues, applications, and initiatives

challenges and uncertainties

summary

Part 2 embedded systems architecture and operation

 Chapter 4 embedded platform architecture

platform overview

volatile memory technologies

nonvolatile storage

device interface--high performance

universal serial bus

device interconnect--low performance

general-purpose input/output

power delivery

summary

 Chapter 5 embedded processor architecture

basic execution environment

application binary interface

processor instruction classes

exceptions/interrupts model

vector table structure

exception frame

masking interrupts

acknowledging interrupts

interrupt latency

memory mapping and protection

memory management unit

mmu and processes

memory hierarchy

intel atom microarchitecture (supplemental material)

 Chapter 6 embedded platform boot sequence

multi-core and multi-processor boot

boot technology considerations

hardware power sequences (the pre-pre-boot)

reset: the first few steps and a jump

early initialization

ap processor initialization

advanced initialization

legacy bios and uefi framework software

cold and warm boot

summary

 Chapter 7 operating systems overview

application interface

processes, tasks, and threads

scheduling

memory allocation

clocks and timers

mutual exclusion/synchronization

device driver models

bus drivers

networking

storage file systems

power management

real time

licensing

 Chapter 8 embedded linux,

tool chain

anatomy of an embedded linux

building a kernel

debugging

driver development

memory management

synchronization/locking

summary

 Chapter 9 power optimization

power basics

the power profile of an embedded computing system

constant versus dynamic power

a simple model of power efficiency

advanced configuration and power interface (acpi)

optimizing software for power performance

summary

 Chapter 10 embedded graphics and multimedia acceleration

screen display

embedded pannels

graphics stack

accelerated media decode

video capture and encoding

media frameworks

summary

 Chapter 11 digital signal processing using general-purpose processors

overview

single instruction multiple data

microarchitecture considerations

implementation options

intrinsics and data types

vectorization

performance primitives

finite impulse response filter

application examples

summary

 Chapter 12 network connectivity

networking basics

tcp/ip networking

ethernet

wi-fi and ieee 80211

bluetooth

linux networking

summary

 Chapter 13 application frameworks

overview

android

qt

other environments

more resources

summary

 Chapter 14 platform and content security

security principles,

security concepts and building blocks

platform support for security

summary

 Chapter 15 advanced topics: smp, amp, and virtualization

multiprocessing basics

symmetric multiprocessing

asymmetric multiprocessing

virtualization basics

methods for platform virtualization

summary

Part 3 developing an embedded system

 Chapter 16 example designs

intel atom e6xx series platforms

multi-radio communications design

multimedia design

modular references

summary

 Chapter 17 platform debug

debugging new platforms

a process for debugging a new platform

debug tools and chipset features

debug process details

additional resources

summary

 Chapter 18 performance tuning

what are patterns?

general approaches

code and design

processor-specific

networking techniques

references

index