This paper considers the problem of designing heterogeneous multiprocessor embedded systems. The focus is on a step of the design flow: the definition of innovative metrics for th...
Donatella Sciuto, Fabio Salice, Luigi Pomante, Wil...
In software development, resources for quality assurance are limited by time and by cost. In order to allocate resources effectively, managers need to rely on their experience bac...
A significant fraction of the software and resource usage of a modern handheld computer is devoted to its graphical user interface (GUI). Moreover, GUIs are direct users of the d...
—Energy-efficient design of battery-powered systems demands optimizations in both hardware and software. We present a modular approach for enhancing instruction level simulators ...
Reducing power consumption has become a major challenge in the design and operation of today's computer systems. This chapter describes different techniques addressing this c...