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While a retargetable compiler represents the principal implementation technology for the design of embedded systems, design exploration tools are also of great use for the development of a system. For example, a retargetable compiler does not provide many metrics to the designer of the processor, to measure how well the conception of the instruction-set has been done. Ideally, a maximum of feedback indicating the static and dynamic use of instruction codes is the type of information a designer would like to see during the design of the processor, and most certainly, as the processor evolves and is reused.
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Liem, C. (1997). Tools for Instruction-Set Design and Redesign. In: Retargetable Compilers for Embedded Core Processors. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6422-2_7
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