The book "Optimized ASIP Synthesis from Architecture Description Language Models" offers a comprehensive analysis and methodology for the development of optimized application-specific processors (ASIP). It addresses the challenges associated with designing such processors and presents new software tools along with an automated, fully integrated implementation flow. A comparison with common implementation practices makes it clear that the advantages of the architecture and the design space of ASIPs are not compromised even with automated methods. Case studies illustrate the efficiency and possibilities that arise from this approach, demonstrating how hardware designers and application engineers can develop powerful ASIPs that make their SoC designs unique.