Optimized ASIP synthesis from architecture description language models

ASIP DESIGN METHODOLOGIES.- ASIP DESIGN BASED ON LISA.- A NEW ENTRY POINT FOR ASIP IMPLEMENTATION.- LISA FRONTEND.- INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATION.- OPTIMIZATIONS BASED ON EXPLICIT ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION.- CONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR FEATURES.- CASE STUDY: AN ASIP FOR TURBO DECODING.- CASE STUDIES: LEGACY CODE REUSE.- SUMMARY.