Advanced Memory Optimization Techniques for Low-Power Embedded Processors (eBook)

Manish Verma, Peter Marwedel (Autoren)

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2007 | 2007
XII, 188 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-5897-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book proposes novel memory hierarchies and software optimization techniques for the optimal utilization of memory hierarchies. It presents a wide range of optimizations, progressively increasing in the complexity of analysis and of memory hierarchies. The final chapter covers optimization techniques for applications consisting of multiple processes found in most modern embedded devices.

Prof. Peter Marwedel has published numerous books with Springer

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In a relatively short span of time, computers have evolved from huge mainframes to small and elegant desktop computers, and now to low-power, ultra-portable handheld devices. Witheachpassinggeneration,computersconsistingofprocessors,memoriesandperipherals becamesmallerandfaster.Forexample,the?rstcommercialcomputerUNIVACIcosted $1 million dollars, occupied 943 cubic feet space and could perform 1,905 operations per second [94]. Now, a processor present in an electric shaver easily outperforms the early mainframe computers. The miniaturization is largely due to the efforts of engineers and scientists that made the expeditious progress in the microelectronic technologies possible. According to Moore's Law [90], the advances in technology allow us to double the number of transistors on a single silicon chip every 18 months. This has lead to an exponential increase in the number of transistors on a chip, from 2,300 in an Intel 4004 to 42 millions in Intel Itanium processor [55]. Moore's Law has withstood for 40 years and is predicted to remain valid for at least another decade [91]. Notonlytheminiaturizationanddramaticperformanceimprovementbutalsothesign- icantdropinthepriceofprocessors,hasleadtosituationwheretheyarebeingintegratedinto products, such as cars, televisions and phones which are not usually associated with c- puters.This new trend has also been called the disappearing computer, where the computer does not actually disappear but it is everywhere [85]. Digital devices containing processors now constitute a major part of our daily lives. Asmalllistofsuchdevicesincludesmicrowaveovens,televisionsets,mobilephones,digital cameras, MP3 players and cars. Whenever a system comprises of information processingdigitaldevicestocontrolortoaugmentitsfunctionality,suchasystemistermedanembedded system. Therefore, all the above listed devices can be also classi?ed as embedded systems.

Inhalt

1. Introduction. 1.Design of Consumer Oriented Embedded Devices. 2.Contributions. 3.Outline. 2. Related Work. 1.Power and Energy Relationship. 2.Survey on Power and Energy Optimization Techniques. 3. Memory Aware Compilation and Simulation Framework. 1.Uni-Processor ARM. 2.Multi-Processor ARM. 3.M5 DSP. 4. Non-Overlayed Scratchpad Allocation Approaches for Main / Scratchpad Memory Hierarchy. 1.Introduction. 2.Motivation. 3.Related Work. 4.Problem Formulation and Analysis. 5.Non-Overlayed Scratchpad Allocation. 6.Experimental Results. 7.Summary. 5. Non-Overlayed Scratchpad Allocation Approaches for Main / Scratchpad + Cache Memory Hierarchy. 1.Introduction. 2.Related Work. 3.Motivating Example. 4.Problem Formulation and Analysis. 5.Cache Aware Scratchpad Allocation. 6.Experimental Results. 7.Summary. 6. Scratchpad Overlay Approaches for Main / Scratchpad Memory Hierarchy. 1.Introduction. 2.Motivating Example. 3.Related Work. 4.Problem Formulation and Analysis. 5.Scratchpad Overlay Approaches. 6.Experimental Results 7.Summary. 7. Data Partitioning and Loop Nest Splitting. 1.Introduction. 2.Related Work. 3.Problem Formulation and Analysis. 4.Data Partitioning. 5.Loop Nest Splitting. 6.Experimental Results. 7.Summary. 8. Scratchpad Sharing Strategies for Multiprocess Applications. 1.Introduction. 2.Motivating Example. 3.Related Work. 4.Preliminaries for Problem Formulation. 5.Non-Saving Approach. 6.Saving Approach. 7.Hybrid Approach. 8.Experimental Setup. 9.Experimental Results. 10. Summary. 9. Conclusions and Future Work. 1.Research Contributions. 2.Future Directions. A. Theoretical Analysis for Scratchpad Sharing Strategies. 1. Formal Definitions. 2. Correctness Proof. List of Figures. List of Tables.References.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.6.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 188 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Compilerbau
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• Schlagworte: Architecture • compiler optimizations • Complexity • digital signal processor • Embedded Systems • energy/power optimizations • memory architectures • Optimization • Processor • System design • System on chip (SoC) • Timing Predictability
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-5897-7 / 1402058977
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-5897-4 / 9781402058974