Spectris Arcom VIPER Quick Start Manual page 29

VIPER RedBoot and AEL Quickstart
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When building applications for the VIPER board, you must use the AEL host
environment. This consists of a set of utilities that provide a cross-compile environment
targeting the VIPER board. A cross-compile environment is required in order to produce
binaries for the XScale processor.
For an explanation of how to install the host environment, refer to the AEL Technical
Manual, on the accompanying CD. This CD also includes example source code for
utilizing the Arcom-specific device drivers and utility programs.
Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (IPPs)
Intel supplies a set of code modules optimized for the XScale processor. These provide
basic functionality, including:
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Signal, image, speech and audio processing.
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Vector manipulation.
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Matrix math.
Further modules providing primitives useful in specific application areas are available.
These application areas include:
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Audio, video and speech codecs, for example MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3), MPEG-
4, H263, JPEG, GSM-AMR and G723.1.
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Cryptography, for example DES, Triple DES, SHA1 and RSA.
For more information about Intel IPPs, see
developer.intel.com/design/pca/application4sprocessors/swsup/IPPv30.htm.
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