chapter A Retrospective on High Performance Embedded Computing / chapter Representative Example of a High Performance Embedded Computing System / chapter System Architecture of a Multiprocessor System / chapter High Performance Embedded Computers: Development Process and Management Perspectives / part Section II / chapter Computational Characteristics of High Performance Embedded Algorithms and Applications / chapter Radar Signal Processing: An Example of High Performance Embedded Computing / part Section III / chapter Analog-to-Digital Conversion / chapter Implementation Approaches of Front-End Processors / chapter Application-Speci?c Integrated Circuits / chapter Field Programmable Gate Arrays / chapter Intellectual Property-Based Design / chapter Systolic Array Processors / chapter Computing Devices / chapter Interconnection Fabrics / chapter Performance Metrics and Software Architecture / chapter Programming Languages / chapter Portable Software Technology / chapter Parallel and Distributed Processing / chapter Automatic Code Parallelization and Optimization / part Section V / chapter Radar Applications / chapter A Sonar Application / chapter Communications Applications / chapter Development of a Real-Time Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System / part Section VI / chapter Application and HPEC System Trends / chapter A Review on Probabilistic CMOS (PCMOS) Technology: From Device Characteristics to Ultra-Low-Energy SOC Architectures / chapter Advanced Microprocessor Architectures