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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leibson, Steve.
  Designing SOCs with configured cores: unleashing the Tensilica
  Xtensa and diamond cores / Steve Leibson.
  p.cm.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN-13: 978-0-12-372498-4 (hardcover: alk. paper)
  ISBN-10: 0-12-372498-8 (hardcover: alk. paper)
  1. Embedded computer systems—Design and construction.
  2. Systems on a chip—Design and construction. I. Title
  TK7895.E42L45           2006
  621.3815—dc22    2006011723

ISBN 10: 0-12-372498-8

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