Design Space Exploration Framework for Tensilica-Based Digital Audio Processors in Hearing Aids

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  • Jens Karrenbauer
  • Lukas Gerlach
  • Guillermo Paya-Vaya
  • Holger Blume
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des Sammelwerks2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies
UntertitelMOCAST 2020
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (elektronisch)9781728166872
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2020
Veranstaltung9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020 - Bremen, Deutschland
Dauer: 7 Sept. 20209 Sept. 2020

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Name2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020

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Choosing a suitable processor architecture for a hearing aid is a difficult task. Various aspects have to be taken into account, like power consumption and silicon area. Also, the computational performance and flexibility of an architecture are essential. Therefore, a wide variety of design goals must be weighted against each other before a final decision for the architecture can be made. In this paper, several configurable audio processors are evaluated, using five commonly known acoustic beamforming algorithms. In order to reduce the exploration time, this paper presents a partly automated design space exploration framework. The hearing aid algorithms are implemented in fixedpoint representation to reduce the computational complexity. This framework includes a fixed-point analysis and an automated reference code generation using MATLAB tools. With the Xtensa Xplorer, different configurations of the Tensilica-based processor architecture are profiled. Finally, a case study is presented to show the usability of the proposed framework.

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Design Space Exploration Framework for Tensilica-Based Digital Audio Processors in Hearing Aids. / Karrenbauer, Jens; Gerlach, Lukas; Paya-Vaya, Guillermo et al.
2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies: MOCAST 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9200250 (2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Karrenbauer, J, Gerlach, L, Paya-Vaya, G & Blume, H 2020, Design Space Exploration Framework for Tensilica-Based Digital Audio Processors in Hearing Aids. in 2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies: MOCAST 2020., 9200250, 2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020, Bremen, Deutschland, 7 Sept. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/mocast49295.2020.9200250
Karrenbauer, J., Gerlach, L., Paya-Vaya, G., & Blume, H. (2020). Design Space Exploration Framework for Tensilica-Based Digital Audio Processors in Hearing Aids. In 2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies: MOCAST 2020 Artikel 9200250 (2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/mocast49295.2020.9200250
Karrenbauer J, Gerlach L, Paya-Vaya G, Blume H. Design Space Exploration Framework for Tensilica-Based Digital Audio Processors in Hearing Aids. in 2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies: MOCAST 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. 9200250. (2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020). doi: 10.1109/mocast49295.2020.9200250
Karrenbauer, Jens ; Gerlach, Lukas ; Paya-Vaya, Guillermo et al. / Design Space Exploration Framework for Tensilica-Based Digital Audio Processors in Hearing Aids. 2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies: MOCAST 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. (2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020).
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