Four Example Systems
- Composite examples based on real commercial products
  - Signal Processing System -- very high speed DSP parallel
       processing
  - Mission Critical System -- fast control loops, uniprocessor
  - Distributed Control System -- heterogeneous, moderate
       processing
  - Small system -- very cost-sensitive
- This is representative, not inclusive
  - For example, computer peripherals aren't being discussed
  - Conclusions will vary depending on application area
- Comparative examples are only approximate!
  - Any particular system will be different
  - Some generalizations made