We present a fine grain quality control method for multimedia applications. The method takes as input an application software composed of actions. The execution times of actions a...
Jacques Combaz, Jean-Claude Fernandez, Joseph Sifa...
Large–scale parallel applications performing global synchronization may spend a significant amount of execution time waiting for the completion of a barrier operation. Conseque...
Scratchpad memory is a popular choice for on-chip storage in real-time embedded systems. The allocation of code/data to scratchpad memory is performed at compile time leading to p...
Storage Latency Estimation Descriptors, or SLEDs, are an API that allow applications to understand and take advantage of the dynamic state of a storage system. By accessing data i...
—Preemptive scheduling often generates a significant runtime overhead that may increase task worst-case execution times up to 40%, with respect to a fully non preemptive executi...