%0 Journal Article
	%A K. B. Cullen and  G. C. M. Silvestre and  N. J. Hurley
	%D 2007
	%J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 2, 2007
	%T Simulation Tools for Fixed Point DSP Algorithms and Architectures
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14297
	%V 2
	%X This paper presents software tools that convert the C/Cµ floating point source code for a DSP algorithm into a fixedpoint simulation model that can be used to evaluate the numericalperformance of the algorithm on several different fixed pointplatforms including microprocessors, DSPs and FPGAs. The tools use a novel system for maintaining binary point informationso that the conversion from floating point to fixed point isautomated and the resulting fixed point algorithm achieves maximum possible precision. A configurable architecture is used during the simulation phase so that the algorithm can produce a bit-exact output for several different target devices.

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