September 2004[Direct Feature] Power Play For The SoC Developers
The Xtensa LX processor uses Tensilica's innovative FLIX (Flexible Length Instruction eXtensions) architecture a highly efficient implementation of the Xtensa instruction set architecture (ISA) that gives designers more options for cost/performance tradeoffs. FLIX technology provides the flexibility to freely and modelessly intermix single-operation RISC instructions, simple- and compound-operation TIE instructions, and multiple-operation FLIX instructions. By packing multiple...