VLSI Design Methodologies for Digital Signal Processing Architectures is centered around a number of emerging issues in this area, including system integration, optimization, algorithm transformation, impact of applications, memory management and algorithm prototyping. The book stimulates the reader to get a head start, gain knowledge and participate in the rapidly evolving field of application specific design methodology for DSP architectures. VLSI Design Methodologies for Digital Signal Processing Architectures is an excellent reference for researchers in both academia and industry. It may also be used as a text for advanced courses in application specific design, VLSI design methods, and silicon compilers.