"HW/SW Co-Design for Heterogeneous Multi-Core Platforms" describes the results and outcome of the FP6 project which focuses on the development of an integrated tool chain targeting a heterogeneous multi-core platform comprising of a general purpose processor (ARM or powerPC), a DSP (the diopsis) and an FPGA. The tool chain takes existing source code and proposes transformations and mappings such that legacy code can easily be ported to a modern, multi-core platform. Downloadable software will be provided for simulation purposes.

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Introduction.- ThArtes Toolchain.- The hArtes Platform.- Audio Array Processing for Telepresence.- In Car Audio.- Extensions of the hArtes Toolchain.- Conclusion: Multi-Core Processor Architectures are Here to Stay.