Tensilica Documentation Audience Analysis Dec. 2010 1

Tensilica Documentation Audience Analysis Questionnaire

Please answer these questions about you or your customer’s background and preferences and send to pubs@tensilica.com. These answers will help us tailor our technical information to provide the best user experience with our products.

DOCUMENTATION EXPERIENCE and PREFERENCES (select all that apply)

How do you use technical documentation:

_______ Read/research all the information on a topic before designing or coding

_______ Browse through docs just to see what is offered, then read what interests you

_______ Look things up only when you encounter a problem

_______ Look up syntax and coding issues

When you open a document, do you initially:

_______ Use the Table of Contents / Figures / Tables

_______ Use the Index

_______ Use Find/Search

_______ Other: _______

In addition to general descriptions of features or syntax, what type of information do you find most useful?

_______ Example Code

_______ Hints and Tips

_______ Reference Tables

_______ Application Notes

_______ Figures and Flow charts

Other

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Which of the Tensilica documents have you used? Please check all that apply:

Note: In the following list “RM” refers to Reference Manual and “UG” refers to User’s Guide

Customizable DPU Data Books Software Development/Simulation Tools Guides ___ Xtensa® LX Microprocessor Data Book (i.e., LX4) ___ Xtensa® Software Development Toolkit UG

___ Xtensa® Microprocessor Data Book (i.e., Xtensa 9) ___ Xtensa® Development Tools Installation Guide

___ Xtensa® TX Microprocessor Data Book ___ Tensilica C Application Programmer’s Guide

___ Xtensa® Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) RM ___ Xtensa® C and C++ Compiler UG

DPU User Guides and Reference Manuals ___ Xtensa® Energy Estimator (Xenergy) UG

ConnX Communications DPUs ___ Xtensa® Linker Support Packages (LSPs) RM

___ ConnX D2 DSP Engine UG ___ Xtensa® OSKit™ Guide

___ ConnX Vectra™ LX DSP Engine Guide ___ Xtensa® Microprocessor Programmer’s Guide

___ ConnX BBE16 DSP Engine UG

___ Xtensa® System Software RM

HiFi Audio DSPs System Simulation

___ HiFi 2 Audio Engine Codecs Programmer’s Guides ___ Xtensa® Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) UG

___ HiFi 2/EP Audio Engine Instruction Set Architecture RM ___ Xtensa® Modeling Protocol (XTMP) UG

Hardware Design Guides ___ Xtensa® SystemC® (XTSC) RM

SOC Implementation ___ Xtensa® SystemC® (XTSC) UG

___ Xtensa Hardware UG ___ Xtensa® SystemC® (XTSC) for Carbon SoC Designer UG

___ Xtensa® System Designer’s Guide Utilities and Libraries ___ Tensilica Bus Designer’s Toolkit Guide ___ GNU Assembler UG

___ Tensilica Processors Bus Bridges Guide ___ GNU Binary Utilities UG

___ Xtensa® Processor Interface Protocol RM ___ GNU Debugger UG

___ Tensilica Avnet LX200 (XT-AV200) Board UG ___ GNU Linker UG

___ Tensilica Avnet LX110 (XT-AV110) Board UG ___ GNU Profiler UG

___ Tensilica Avnet LX60 (XT-AV60) Board UG ___

___ Red Hat newlib C Library RM TIE Creation and Processor Optimization ___ Red Hat newlib C Math Library RM ___ Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) Language RM ___ Xtensa C Library UG

___ Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) Language UG Diamond Standard Controllers/ Standard DSPs Guides ___ Xtensa® Processor Extensions Synthesis (XPRES) Compiler UG ___ Diamond Series Hardware UG ___ Xtensa® Upgrade Guide

___ Diamond Series Upgrade Guide Xtensa Xplorer Documentation ___ Diamond Standard Controllers Data Book ___ Xtensa Xplorer On-line Help ___ 330HiFi Standard DSP Processor Data Book ___ Xtensa Xplorer Tutorials ___ 545CK Standard DSP Processor Data Book

___ Xtensa Xplorer Samples Debug and Trace Product Guides ___ Tensilica On-Chip Debugging Guide

___ Tensilica Trace Solutions UG

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Do the Tensilica documents generally meet your need? _ ¸Ŝǎ bƻ

Why? _____________________

List of concerns/inefficiencies in current documentation

Feature not documented

Feature not documented adequately

Out-of-date information

Duplicated information

Information difficult to locate

Other _____________________________________________________________

Improvements / Suggestions:

What content or types of information would you like to see added to our documentation set?

What presentation types do you like to use or would you like to see added to our documentation set?

Short online explanatory videos. Suggest topics: ____________________________

Online topic-based help _______Local _______ Server-based

PDF manuals _______Master index to PDF manuals

Online, pre-indexed search

Paper manuals; if not all, which ones: ______________________________________

User-directed online wiki or forum;

Would you share your tips/ ask issues of other customers? Yes No

CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRANSLATION

Native Language: ____________________ (if not English, please answer the following)

Business/Educational Language: English _______________

Other: _______________

English Proficiency (select all that apply):

_Very comfortable with writing or understanding written or spoken English

_Don’t struggle with written or spoken material, writing is not as easy

_Sometimes understanding written or spoken material is a challenge

_Would prefer translated material or video

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Professional training:

Vendor training: __________________________

Tools: __________________________

Continued education efforts: __________________________

Related projects: __________First design

__________2-5 designs

__________More than 5 designs

PROFESSIONAL

Primary job function: _______ System Designer (HW) _______ System Designer (SW) _______ Application Developer _______ Product Verification _ ___ Other

OPTIONAL QUESTIONS

While the following questions are optional, answering them will assist us in assessing our customer-base, and thus our customers’ needs.

PERSONAL

Age: _______ 20 – 30; ______30-40; _____40 – 50; _____ 50 and older

EDUCATION

College: Year graduated _____

College degree (check all that apply): BA BS MS PhD.

In field of: _______________________________

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

After completing this form, please save with your initials and company name (for example, /ƻƳLJŀƴȅbŀƳŜ.pdf), and send it to pubs@tensilica.com.

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Thank you for your time and assistance!